The TRADE

JANUARY 5, 2024

Jefferies’ managing director and head of US equity distribution in Europe, Guy Trust, has left the bank after nearly a decade to join Daiwa Capital Markets Europe, The TRADE can reveal. He began his career as a junior portfolio manager at RSA covering US equities.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Union Investment’s Christoph Hock is set to step away from his role as head of multi-asset trading later this year to pursue an opportunity in digital assets and tokenisation within the asset management firm, as revealed by The TRADE. His new role is not yet public but will be communicated in due course.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 30, 2023

He [Hock] will be responsible to new important tasks within the Union Investment Group that deal with strategic issues surrounding future topics such as the token economy, digital assets and data science,” said a spokesperson for Union Investment’s asset management division.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Christoph Hock, head of multi-asset trading at Union Investment, accepted the Lifetime Achievement Award at The TRADE’s Leaders in Trading 2023 gala awards ceremony last night. Collecting his award, long term friend of The TRADE and buy-side stalwart Hock highlighted the importance of relationships, people and collaboration in this industry.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2024

RBC BlueBay Asset Management equity trader, Michael Tamou, left the asset manager to join Qube Research & Technologies (QRT). He originally joined the asset manager as an investment operations analyst in 2020. Throughout his career Jenkins has also worked at SWIFT, Macgregor, and AXA Investment Managers.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Rothschild & Co senior investment dealer, Greg Finke, has left the firm for a new opportunity at Polar Capital. Greg Finke joined the boutique asset manager after just over a year at Rothschild & Co as a senior investment dealer covering equities. Polar Capital confirmed his appointment. His new role is unconfirmed.

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The TRADE

MAY 1, 2024

Core values After two years at RBC, Papanichola landed himself his first hedge fund role at Elliot Management Corporation as a multi-product manager and arbitrage portfolio manager mentored by Jon Pollock, Jean Luc Harnay, and Phil Streeton. I cut my teeth in investment trust arbitrage and fund reconstructions.

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