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The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME) has appointed April Day head of capitalmarkets. As part of the role, she oversaw equity capitalmarkets (ECM), trading and post-trade activities. She also brings extensive experience in investment banking and capitalmarkets to the new role.
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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 capitalmarkets role at BlackRock for three years. Prior to that, he was director, head of ETF business development at the firm.
Head of execution strategy and an electronic sales trader at Liberum are set to up sticks to join Investec, The TRADE can reveal. Dom Lowres and Matt West Dom Lowres, head of execution strategy, and Matthew West, electronic sales trader, are set to join the firm in the coming months to set up a new low touch electronic desk.
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