The TRADE

APRIL 19, 2024

BMO Capital Markets has appointed Harj Bagria within its electronic trading division, The TRADE can reveal. Most recently, Bagria held an EMEA equity trading position, based in London. Elsewhere in his tenure at Credit Suisse, Bagria held APAC equity trading and electronic sales trading positions, based in Hong Kong.

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The TRADE

APRIL 11, 2024

Euronext has appointed former Credit Suisse sales trader Nathalie Ruiz as head of continental equity sales. 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).

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2024

Citi has named a new head of electronic equity sales trading for the EMEA region, The TRADE can reveal. He joined the bank as a permanent fixture in 2016 as a graduate analyst in its markets division, later moving into equity sales trading in 2018.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 17, 2024

Trading volumes executed electronically by equity investors increased last year, accelerating the evolution of the US stock trading business into an increasingly complex, technologically driven market structure. The post E-trading platforms experienced increased share of US equity trading volume in 2023 appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Electronic market maker Optiver has selected Philippe Rizzo to join its institutional sales team, effective from 9 October. Rizzo’s new role will be focused on cash equity sales in France, Belgium, Luxembourg and Switzerland. Elsewhere in his career, Rizzo served as a senior global equity trader at Comgest.

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The TRADE

JULY 26, 2024

Robert Whelan has joined Citadel as equity trader following almost eight years at Pictet Asset Management. Whelan joined Pictet AM as an equity trader back in 2016. Prior to that, he worked at Morgan Stanley, initially joining as an electronic trading associate before going on to a role as equity sales trader.

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The TRADE

MARCH 11, 2024

BNY Mellon made two key senior managing director hires into its fixed income and equity sales and trading businesses. Bianca Gould was appointed head of fixed income and equities EMEA, based in London. Elsewhere, Kathleen Kinsella joined BNY Mellon as head of US fixed income sales, based in New York.

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The TRADE

MARCH 5, 2024

Elsewhere, increased concentration of equity trading volumes is being expedited by a continued transition of trading volumes to electronic execution. The European equities market saw the total amount of equity commissions earned by brokers on trades fall by 14% in 2023, to $2.21

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

RBC has appointed two former Credit Suisse senior algorithmic trading individuals to join its low touch electronic sales and trading team, The TRADE can reveal. He joins from Credit Suisse where he had been serving as head of sales for EMEA for the bank’s advanced execution sales (AES) team.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 10, 2024

Olivia Gassner has joined JP Morgan as VP, equity electronic sales trader following a stint at RBC Capital Markets. New York-based Gassner served in the same role at RBC Capital Markets for three years prior to the move. The post RBC Capital Markets trader joins JP Morgan appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2023

Heraty is set to take on the role of head of US equity solutions and structured product sales, whilst Gleave has been appointed as head of European equity solutions. Heraty was previously at Credit Suisse where he spent four years as head of North American equity derivative sales.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Edgar Castel is set to join Nordea as an equity trader following almost five years at Candriam, as revealed by The TRADE. Castel most recently served as a trader focused on equities (cash and swap), foreign exchange, and listed derivatives. Before that, Green worked in fixed income derivatives solutions at Barclays Investment Bank.

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The TRADE

JULY 6, 2023

RBC’s co-head of European electronic sales and trading, Bianca Gould, is set to leave the bank after almost three years as part of streamlining measures across the business. The post RBC’s electronic trading co-head Bianca Gould to depart as part of streamlining across the bank appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

The three incoming professionals are London-based and hold long track records of success and leadership across global equities trading. Bradley was most recently a partner at Mariana Capital and prior to that was head of CSC equity options at GFI Group. He has also previously worked for Goldman Sachs.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 14, 2024

John Bajus has left his role as Instinet, where he most recently served as head Americas execution sales, to join US equities trading venue IntelligentCross, part of AI powered trading platform company, Imperative Execution. The post Former Instinet sales head joins IntelligentCross as MD appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 26, 2024

Former London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) sales specialist Scott Bradley has taken up a new role at US equites alternative trading system (ATS) OneChronos, The TRADE can reveal. He took on his most recent role as head of sales and platform distribution for securities trading at LSEG in May 2021.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 19, 2024

Morgan Stanley appointed Gurpreet Ubhi as head of electronic FX sales for the EMEA region. Ubhi was selected to oversee FX sales for the region at Morgan Stanley after most recently serving at Citi for the last eight years. He announced his departure from Citi on social media two months ago.

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The TRADE

APRIL 15, 2024

Euronext appointed former Credit Suisse sales trader Nathalie Ruiz as head of continental equity sales. 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). Exciting times ahead!”

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The TRADE

MARCH 18, 2024

BTIG made two key appointments including promoting Troy Donohue to head of Americas portfolio trading and hiring Henri Taylor as director within electronic trading sales. Elsewhere, Taylor brings over 20 years’ experience in electronic trading sales to the firm.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Kepler Cheuvreux execution sales specialist Cherry Albon is set to join Berenberg next year, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Albon has been appointed associate director, senior sales for EMEA electronic trading and program trading, set to join the firm in February next year, The TRADE can reveal.

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The TRADE

APRIL 26, 2024

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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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

AUGUST 2, 2023

One of BCS Global Markets’ prime services sales leads has left the investment bank to join boutique merging markets broker and investment bank BancTrust. Grigoriy Kozin has been appointed head of business development, prime services and electronic execution at BancTrust after three years in his role at BCS.

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The TRADE

JULY 29, 2024

Previously he worked as an equities and fixed income trader at James Hambro & Partners and before that as a high touch cash equities trader for Jefferies. Robert Whelan joined Citadel as equity trader following almost eight years at Pictet Asset Management. Whelan joined Pictet AM as an equity trader back in 2016.

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The TRADE

JUNE 26, 2023

SIX Swiss Exchange appointed Alexandra Roby to replace departing head of equity sales for UK and Ireland, Jennfier Hlad, when she exits in the coming months. Roby will take up the role after most recently spending the last two and a half years at Berenberg as a senior electronic trader, departing in November last year.

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

He joins as head of execution sales and microstructure. Griffin originally joined Kepler in 2016 as its head of portfolio and electronic sales trading, later assuming his most recent role as head of market structure and liquidity solutions in 2022. Jefferies appointed Peter Johansson as an equity sales trader.

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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. 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.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Prior to joining Aladdin in 2021, he spent nearly seven years at IHS Markit in a sales and solutions role for EMEA, two and a half years at FactSet as its global head of sales and seven and a half years at Thomson Reuters as its head of sales for the Americas. Polar Capital confirmed his appointment. His new role is unconfirmed.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 21, 2023

Trading Technologies International (TT) appointed Gavin Miller as its new director of EMEA sales – TT Fixed Income. Redburn Atlantic appointed Lisa Christou as head of sales trading, US equities to international. Elsewhere in her career, Christou held a securities lending equities position at Citi.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 1, 2023

The players that now dominate in the EMEA equities space are typically larger and have roots that stretch across the Atlantic due to tricky market conditions that have made economies of scale and the ability to internalise risk increasingly essential. “If Goldman Sachs’ equities revenues globally had fallen from $3.24

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The TRADE

AUGUST 14, 2023

European agency broker and equities research specialist Redburn and US equity brokerage Atlantic Equities have completed the merger of their operations under Redburn’s parent company Rothschild & Co, initially announced on 26 April. Atlantic clients will also be able to delve into the existing European product.

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The TRADE

JULY 24, 2024

He most recently served as a EMEA and US equity sales and execution trader. Prior to this he worked in equity derivatives for six and a half years, focused on Eurostoxx and sectoral indices. London-based Robinson has also previously served in a pension execution role at BDO UK LLP.

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Software Equity Group

MARCH 26, 2024

For top private equity firms, there’s a lot to like about SaaS. Top Software Private Equity Firms Here is a select list of the most active PE investors in the SaaS and software industry over the past year (data taken from the SEG 2024 Annual SaaS Report ). The firm employs 93 professionals.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 29, 2024

Two former London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and SIX Swiss Exchange sales specialists were selected to join US equites alternative trading system (ATS) OneChronos to support its push into Europe. Elsewhere, Sherlock most recently served in a European equity sales role since 2021.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 25, 2024

This latest appointment follows that of Olivia Gassner, who was appointed VP, equity electronic sales trader at JP Morgan earlier this month. Elsewhere in his tenure at NatWest Markets, he worked as a US rates strategies. Roberts announced his appointment in a social media post.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 28, 2023

UBS shakes up execution services management team structure People moves are always one of our biggest draws in readership, and in October, UBS’ plans to make changes within its execution services business , specifically the electronic trading area, became one of most read stories of the year.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In addition, he will focus on ensuring close coordination between the FX trading and sales teams. Cantor Fitzgerald’s head of equities for Asia, Hani Shalabi, has left the firm to join emerging markets investment bank Arqaam as its new head of equities execution services.

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