The TRADE

APRIL 10, 2024

BIDS Trading has appointed Brian Hickey senior director of product. Hickey previously served as head of product at LedgerEdge for nearly a year and a half, prior to the trading platform closing down last year. Most recently, he served as head of cross-asset electronic trading, a position he held for just over three years.

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

Barclays selected an internal candidate and a new hire from BNP Paribas to become its new co-heads of G10 FX trading. New co-heads Torsten Schöneborn and Jerry Minier will be London-based, reporting to Michael Lublinsky, global head of macro, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. His next role is unconfirmed.

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2024

The TRADE understands that BlackRock has taken a minority investment. BlackRock is proud to be a founding investor in the Texas Stock Exchange to increase liquidity and improve market efficiency for BlackRock’s clients and other investors in the US capital markets,” said a BlackRock spokesperson.

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The TRADE

JULY 25, 2023

Invesco’s US-based global head of fixed income trading Glenn Taitz has left the firm to join Adroit Trading Technologies, The TRADE can reveal. During his time with the asset manager Taitz was responsible for Invesco’s fixed income trading desks in the US, UK and Hong Kong. He was also at Merrill Lynch for eight years.

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The TRADE

APRIL 11, 2024

Ruiz previously spent nearly 12 years at Credit Suisse, most recently as director, sales trader for Credit Suisse’s suite of algorithmic trading strategies, Advanced Execution Services (AES). The post Ex-Credit Suisse sales trader joins Euronext as head of continental equity sales appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

RBC appointed two former Credit Suisse senior algorithmic trading individuals to join its low touch electronic sales and trading team. Also appointed to the low touch sales and trading team at RBC is Suzanne Webster, who joined as a multi-asset director. He joined from Luminex where he most recently served as head of sales.

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The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2024

Among those to have responded have been the International Capital Market Association (ICMA), International Securities Lending Association (ISLA) and the Association of Global Custodians (AGC). ICMA commented that progressive penalties introduces unnecessary stress to a market that is most likely already facing liquidity challenges.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Elsewhere in his tenure at NatWest Markets, he worked as a US rates strategies. Roberts announced his appointment in a social media post. Gassner joined the firm from RBC Capital Markets, where she served in the same role for three years prior to the move.

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The TRADE

MARCH 19, 2024

Read more: Saudi Exchange makes push into algo and high frequency trading In a social media post Noelle Al-Jaweini, acting chief of derivatives, congratulated Yazaid H. The post Saudi Exchange welcomes Merrill Lynch to growing list of market makers appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 8, 2024

Industry stalwart Dan Hinxman joined Bloomberg as head of European credit electronic trading following almost six years as managing director at TP ICAP. His experience also encompasses hedge fund related roles, including futures and options trading and work on a fixed income desk.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The pandemic marked a seminal moment across the capital markets, effectively drawing a line between the old world and the new. Outsourced trading is no longer a taboo topic. In fact, it is now firmly a part of the institutional trading ecosystem,” says Dragan Skoko, head of outsourced trading and xBK at BNY Mellon.

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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

JUNE 14, 2024

“The Panel is an independent statutory body, set up to provide advice and challenge from the point of view of financial market participants, and in order to provide input to the FCA to help it in meeting its strategic and operational objectives,” Aquis Exchange said in a statement on social media. Congratulations Alasdair!”

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2023

Its role and the way it interacts with institutional investors differs region to region. Looking into this sector, which is set to experience highly anticipated, yet arguably unpredictable, growth – note the GameStop saga of 2021 – The TRADE deep dives into some of the key considerations.

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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. Alongside his appointment, Redburn Atlantic sales trader Luc Demoulin was appointed EU head of sales trading.

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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

According to an update on his social media, Federico Grasso has joined BlackRock’s Aladdin as vice president in engineering solutions after spending the last year at FlexTrade, in a pre-sales role for its buy-side order management system business, FlexONE.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 5, 2023

“We are embarking on the exciting endeavour of fostering transparency and access to market data for all stakeholders by contributing to the European Commission’s project to develop the Capital Markets Union. Data from “all trading platforms” will be included in consolidated tapes.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 29, 2024

Virtu Financial has appointed Simon McGhee in an exchange-traded product (ETP) and fixed income sales role, The TRADE can reveal. Before joining Bluefin, McGhee held an iShares capital markets role at BlackRock for three years. While at Bluefin, McGhee most recently served as a partner – a position he held for 10 months.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

“Year-to-date, we’re seeing for the first time in many years a notable uptick in new fund launches and spin outs from bigger places,” says Jack Seibald, managing director, co-head of Marex prime services and outsourced trading. That’s why the money’s with them and they will probably attract even more capital.

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Growth Business

MARCH 1, 2024

For institutional investors, therefore, private equity can offer exposure to fast-growing, high-potential, mid-sized private companies at a comparatively earlier stage of their growth trajectory than is available through the capital markets. What is private equity and how does it work? A selection of Innovate’s food.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 16, 2025

RBC Capital Markets has promoted Adam Ragol-Levy to head of European and Asian product, multi-asset agency solutions. Prior to joining RBC Capital Markets, Ragol-Levy spent nearly five years at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, most recently working as a senior cash equities business analyst and product owner.

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The TRADE

APRIL 4, 2025

He began working with Marex following its acquisition of ED&F Man Capital Markets in 2022, where he has served as global chief operating officer and global chief risk officer. Prior to joining ED&F Man Capital Markets, New York-based Hood spent 12 and a half years at MF Global, most recently as US head of market risk.

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The TRADE

MARCH 28, 2025

Fidelity Internationals head of debt capital markets for EMEA is set to leave the buy-side firm, The TRADE can reveal. According to an update on his social media, Stephen Whyman is leaving Fidelity after seven years to pursue another entrepreneurial path.

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The TRADE

MARCH 3, 2025

Hart has experience working in mid touch execution across UK, US and EU equities, specialising in algorithmic trading. Hart announced his new role on social media. Both became part of the Marex Capital Markets business which was formed in 2024 following the acquisition of ED&F Man Capital Markets.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 23, 2024

FIS acquires post-trade platform Torstone Technology Coming in at number 10 in our 2024 most read countdown was a major merger and acquisition scoop announced at the start of the year. As revealed by The TRADE and sister publication Global Custodian in February, fintech giant acquired SaaS post-trade platform Torstone Technology.

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The TRADE

MARCH 18, 2025

Darragh Mullin and Blair Nicol have joined Fidelity Internationals FX desk, based in Dublin, The TRADE can reveal. Both will report to Nigell Todd, global head of FX, The TRADE understands. His previous experience also includes a stint in an ETF pricing and trading role at Susquehanna International Group.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Announcing his departure on social media, industry heavyweight Haynes cited health reasons as the reason behind the decision. David Stevens, current chief operating officer of Aquis Exchange has taken over as chief executive, The TRADE understands, while Richard Fisher takes on the joint role of CFO and COO.

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The TRADE

APRIL 7, 2025

Senior equities trader for EMEA Georgina Flynn is departing from Fidelity International, as revealed by The TRADE. Flynn has an extensive career to date in trading, having spent the last eight and a half years at Fidelity. Previously in her career, she also undertook a sales trading internship at Sanford C.

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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. His departure followed news broken by The TRADE in January that Liontrust was exploring outsourcing its trading to BNY.

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The TRADE

MARCH 14, 2025

Alexandre Roubaud, Jaafar Amrani By joining the committee, these recognised professionals in the financial sector will help enrich our discussions and contribute to the creation of an optimal European shares and ETF consolidated tape, said EuroCTP in a social media post.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 24, 2024

Coming in at number seven in The TRADEs most read stories for 2024 was news that Vincent Hall had joined Citi as an equity trader following two years at Citadel where he served in the same role. Miller has been with the firm eight and a half years as an employee of the bank, specialising in equity sales trading.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Speaking in an announcement on social media platform Truth Social, incoming President Donald Trump said: “Paul is a proven leader for common sense regulations. The post ‘Transparency advocate’ Paul Atkins to succeed Gensler as SEC chair appeared first on The TRADE.

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