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Legal & General Asset Management appoints fixed income trader

Reported by Thetradenews
Feb 18, 2026· 2 min read
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Key Takeaways
  • • Legal & General Asset Management (L&G) has added James Maddox as a junior credit trader within its fixed income trading team, according to The TRADE, which confirmed the appointment with the firm.
  • • Maddox joins from TSB Bank, where he spent more than two years, starting as a Treasury junior analyst in 2023 and later being promoted to dealer covering swaps, gilts, SSA and covered bonds, repo and FX.
  • • Maddox's earlier experience includes multi-faceted equities investment strategy work at hedge fund RAB Capital, plus early-career roles at JM Finn and Killik & Co.
  • • The hire is a junior-level addition to L&G's credit trading capability; the source material does not disclose compensation, reporting lines, or the specific mandates he will cover.
Summary
Legal & General Asset Management has appointed James Maddox as a junior credit trader within its fixed income trading team, according to The TRADE, which reported that L&G confirmed the appointment when contacted. The London-based Maddox joins the firm after more than two years at TSB Bank. He began at TSB in 2023 as a Treasury junior analyst and was subsequently promoted to dealer, where his remit covered swaps, gilts, supranational, sovereign and agency (SSA) bonds, covered bonds, repo and foreign exchange.

Before TSB, Maddox worked across multi-faceted investment strategy in equities at hedge fund RAB Capital. He also gained early-career experience at JM Finn and Killik & Co.

The appointment strengthens L&G's credit trading capacity at a junior level. The available source material does not specify the mandates he will cover or any changes to the wider fixed income team's structure.

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Thetradenews Legal & General Asset Management appoints fixed income trader