The TRADE

MAY 16, 2024

A DWS Group senior equity trader has departed for pastures new after over 16 years at the asset manager, The TRADE can reveal. Alex Cotar has left the asset management arm of Deutsche Bank to join Bankhaus Metzler as an equity sales trader, according to an update on social media.

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The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2024

Redburn Atlantic has expanded its UK and European execution business with two new heads of sales trading. Tony Atkins was appointed UK head of sales trading. Atkins joined Redburn Atlantic in 2004 as a sales trader having previously served for eight years at Morgan Grenfell and two years at Marathon Asset Management.

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The TRADE

JULY 29, 2024

David Kirk is set to join Millennium, following almost three and a half years at Marble Bar Asset Management where he most recently served as a trader, The TRADE understands. Kirk joins the capital management firm with experience working as a trader on both the buy- and sell-side.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2024

Previously, he served as global head of institutional sales at TP ICAP, and before that worked as head of sales EMEA and Asia Pacific at BGC Partners for two years. RBC BlueBay Asset Management equity trader, Michael Tamou, left the asset manager to join Qube Research & Technologies (QRT).

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The TRADE

JULY 8, 2024

Senior equity trader at Janus Henderson, Stuart Mair, left the asset manager after 14 years. According to an update on his social media, Mair joined hedge fund and systematic trading platform Schonfeld as an equity trader dealing with long and short strategies.

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The TRADE

APRIL 29, 2024

Dom Lowres, head of execution strategy and Matthew West, electronic sales trader, at Liberum are set to join Investec in the coming months to set up a new low touch electronic desk. Alongside him, Matthew West joins Investec as a global electronic sales trader. Aubry previously served as a credit trader at Mizuho and MUFG Securities.

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The TRADE

MARCH 22, 2024

Elsewhere in his career, Tan served at Maybank Investment Banking Group in an equity sales trading role. He announced his appointment in a social media post, adding: “I’m grateful for this opportunity to broaden my horizons and am thankful to the wonderful individuals and mentors in my professional life.”

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

BlackRock has selected a former FlexTrade order management system pre-sales specialist for a solutions engineering role on its flagship Aladdin platform. Grasso joined FlexTrade last year after three and a half years at Bloomberg, also with a buy-side OMS focus, most recently serving as an account manager for its AIM solution.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Elsewhere in her career, Sueng – one of The TRADE’s Rising Stars in 2019 – worked in fixed income sales at both Tullet Prebon and Newedge as well as previously serving in fixed income performance analyst roles at Amundi and Societe Generale Asset Management. They announced their new role in a social media post.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Head of EMEA equity trading at Janus Henderson and markets stalwart, Richard Worrell, is set to leave the institution for a sales role at the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG). He will join the exchange group as head of secondary markets sales and business development in January 2024, sources have confirmed.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

BlackRock selected a former FlexTrade order management system pre-sales specialist for a solutions engineering role on its flagship Aladdin platform. Grasso joined FlexTrade last year after three and a half years at Bloomberg, also with a buy-side OMS focus, most recently serving as an account manager for its AIM solution.

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2023

Previously in her career she spent several years at Cantor Fitzgerald and Virtu Financial in equity sales trading roles. Imandra’s vice president of sales Dan Squires has departed for pastures new after less than a year in his new role. Both will operate out of Hong Kong.

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OfficeHours

MAY 24, 2023

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

For some asset managers and hedge funds, the seemingly impossible notion of all traders not physically sitting together on a centralised desk and communicating face-to-face was all but wiped away overnight as the hybrid working setup was forcibly tested and passed with flying colours.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Dominic Rieb-Smith, managing director, international head, prime services sales, JP Morgan, refers to the past year as “a standout”. Meanwhile, with regards to equities, revenue deriving from prime brokerage compared to trading shifted from a 30% versus 70% ratio a decade ago, to 40% to 60% in 2023.

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The TRADE

MARCH 10, 2025

Peel Hunt has appointed Yasmin Pyle as sales trader, she joins from Winterflood Securities. She spent five and a half years at Winterflood Securities, most recently as a sales trader having been appointed to the role in August 2023. Pyle announced her new position in a social media post.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 6, 2025

Broadridge has appointed Stephen Wilkes senior vice president, head of international buy-side sales, based in London. As part of the role, Wilkes will be responsible for the firms sales efforts across EMEA and APAC, focusing on the asset management and asset servicing communities.

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The TRADE

MARCH 21, 2025

Spencer Copp has joined Jefferies as an equity trader following his departure from Jupiter Asset Management in December 2024, where he had most recently served as a senior dealer. Copp confirmed his new position in a social media announcement.

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The TRADE

MARCH 31, 2025

Liontrusts chief commercial officer and former head of trading, Matt McLoughlin, left the UK-based asset manager after 10 years, The TRADE revealed. Under his stewardship, Liontrust was awarded The TRADEs Multi-Asset Trading Desk of the Year and Mid-Cap Trading Desk of the Year in 2022 and 2017 respectively.

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