THETRADETECH DAILY THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER OF TRADETECH 2021
these reasons , when offices reopen , I will insist on a certain number of days a month that the full team are in .
I am , however , hoping that these new flexible working conditions will give us greater ability to select more diverse talent . Things like no longer needing to travel into work will encourage different types of people to apply . Our organisation among others is talking about reducing the desk capacity in our offices globally . There is an acceptance there that remote working is an option for people that want it and I hope that that does help to recruit a more diverse group into the organisation .
How important is it to align cross-asset datasets on the trading desk and can this improve execution performance ? I think it is important to try but not to kill yourself trying because there are always going to be key differences across those
“ I want consistency across the asset classes , it is not about one dealer saying look how good I am in this asset class .”
“ Individuals hired during this period have never physically met any of their team and indeed the people they are reporting into .”
assets . What is very important for me is to align the policies and the processes , meaning anybody looking at it would see common principles applied no matter the asset class . That helps to improve the execution performance because you can see not only the full audit trail but also the full thought process in terms of how you came to that conclusion to execute that deal with that broker . I am continuing to push very hard on the desk for the continued use of that information for future decisions . That is something that is still evolving on the desk .
When you look at now compared to three years ago it is delivering a more consistent execution performance . It is very rare now to have those outliers because everything is following a similar workflow . I am still grappling at the other end with the on-desk post-trade monitoring . Aligning that is more difficult . Clients get a better outcome when looking at that from a common footing . I want consistency across the asset classes , it is not about one dealer saying look how good I am in this asset class .
Which panel sessions at TradeTech this year are you most looking forward to attending ? Data is a big headliner for me . Especially , when you look across the different asset classes . There are two panels on data and analytics which I have got my name down for . I am also looking forward to the diversity and inclusion and the ESG trading desk panels . I often look at our desk to see what we can do with ESG at the very core our investment process .
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