The TRADE

JUNE 22, 2023

SIX Swiss Exchange has tapped a former Berenberg senior electronic trader to replace departing head of equity sales for UK and Ireland, Jennfier Hlad, when she departs in the coming months, The TRADE can reveal. Prior to joining Berenberg, she spent two years with Goldman Sachs as an electronic trader in its securities division.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

UK-based investment bank Peel Hunt has appointed the former head of electronic and program trading and sales at Numis Securities to head up its own electronic trading division. Nishad Vallonthaiel Nishad Vallonthaiel has been appointed head of electronic and program trading at Peel Hunt.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 23, 2024

Omar Darwish has joined fintech pioneer GTN as equity sales trader following a three-and-a-half-year stint at Arqaam Capital. His appointment comes as GTN continues its expansion efforts to build a comprehensive electronic trading and investment platform. GTN serves brokers, banks, asset managers, and fintech clients.

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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 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

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. There is one important exception: higher commission payers are expanding their lists to an average of 44.1,

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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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

He returns to Citi after four years, having previously worked at the firm as associate vice president in emerging markets equity trading. Read more: Fireside Friday with… Citi’s Chris Gooch Earlier this year, Citi appointed Jamie Miller as new head of electronic equity sales trading for the EMEA region , as revealed by The TRADE.

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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

JANUARY 30, 2024

Electronic trading platforms captured almost a third (32%) of overall Canadian equity trading volume in 2023, with this share expected to rise in the next three years, a new report by Coalition Greenwich has found. As a result, electronic and/or algorithmic trading has seen usage increase.

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The TRADE

MAY 17, 2024

SGX FX has confirmed African corporate and investment bank Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) as its newest liquidity provider, set to expand opportunities for traders trading the South African Rand. Tim Hutchinson Specifically, the partnership is through SGX FX’s eFX trading solutions platform for global buy-side institutions.

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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. Rizzo will join Optiver from Instinet, where he previously served as a global equity sales trader.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 16, 2023

Trading Technologies International (TT) has appointed Gavin Miller its new director of EMEA sales – TT Fixed Income, his move follows almost five years at fixed income aggregation and surveillance technology business, Algomi. These were just the latest acquisitions by TT in a bid to expand its multi-asset capabilities.

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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

JANUARY 2, 2024

Industry stalwart Dan Hinxman has joined Bloomberg as head of European credit electronic trading following almost six years as managing director at TP ICAP. Previously, he also 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

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

JANUARY 23, 2024

JP Morgan has appointed Oliver Hall vice president, futures and options (F&O) hybrid sales trader, The TRADE can reveal. Hall has been promoted to the role after serving at the bank for nearly 6 and a half years, most recently as associate, F&O electronic sales trader, in Frankfurt, a role he has held for the last two years.

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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. The post People Moves Monday: Clear Street, Trading Technologies and more… appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

FlexTrade Systems has appointed Michael Kovach Americas head of fixed income sales in a move set to further drive the growth and adoption of FlexTrade’s fixed income EMS, FlexFI. In his new role, Kovach will be based out of New York and leverage his experience in electronic trading solutions.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Instinet has appointed Christopher Brown as executive director, latency sensitive electronic trading (LSET), The TRADE can reveal. Prior to that, Brown spent almost 3 years at Citi as director of systemic and quant trading solutions.

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The TRADE

MARCH 5, 2024

BNY Mellon has made two key senior managing director hires into its fixed income and equity sales and trading businesses. Gould joins BNY Mellon after three years at RBC Capital Markets where she previously served as co-head of equities electronic sales and trading.

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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

JUNE 20, 2023

Trading Technologies International (TT) has established a new foreign exchange business unit named TT FX. TT FX becomes the latest expansion into a new asset class by TT, following its March acquisition of fixed income trading solutions provider AxeTrading. We are delighted to have Tomo on board to lead this initiative for TT.

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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

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. The new desk is Investec’s first low touch offering based in London and comes off the back of increased client demand, The TRADE understands.

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The TRADE

JULY 26, 2024

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. Whelan will act as an execution trader on behalf of the desk and his role is non-risk taking, The TRADE understands.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 16, 2024

Fixed income proprietary trading firm Millenium Advisors has opened a new office in Singapore as it continues its expansion across Asia. The post Millennium Advisors launches Singapore office appeared first on The TRADE.

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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

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The TRADE is delighted to announce the shortlisted nominees for the Industry Person of the Year Award 2023. The winner will be decided by a live industry vote at The TRADE’s Leaders in Trading gala awards night on 8 November. Congratulations to this year’s shortlisted nominees!

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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

APRIL 2, 2024

JP Morgan named Scott Hamilton and Claudia Jury co-heads of sales and research, replacing Marc Badrichani. According to an internal memo seen by The TRADE, they will have global responsibility for sales and research. Reesha Radia is set to join the exchange in April as a senior manager in business development and sales.

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The TRADE

MARCH 5, 2024

You don’t want to see it [your trade] popping up on Twitter,” one market structure specialist told Coalition Greenwich. However, Continental Europe saw an increase in high-touch usage by the same margin, with e-trading on the up and 45% of their flow expected to be through algos.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 26, 2023

UK-based boutique fixed income trading desk BlueBay Asset Management is beginning a new chapter in its life. For head of trading for the RBC BlueBay Asset Management London-based fixed income trading desk, Stuart Campbell, the institution’s combined size is a new strength. You’re taught to almost think like a PM.

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The TRADE

JUNE 11, 2024

Start-up hedge fund Jain Global has appointed a former Credit Suisse vice president and electronic sales trader to join its ranks on the trading desk ahead of its launch, The TRADE can reveal. Emily Facchina Fluet joins Jain as a trader working in London under head of EMEA trading, Jeremy Wyatt.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Read more: Citi employs blockchain for new FX solution Prior to this appointment, she spent three years as head of EMEA EFX sales, bank sales, platform sales, custody FX and cross border payments for FIs at Citi, and before that served as head of EMEA electronic FX sales.

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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. He was recognised as a Rising Star of Trading and Execution at Leaders in Trading in 2021. Whelan joined Pictet AM as an equity trader back in 2016.

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The TRADE

JULY 1, 2024

He joins as head of execution sales and microstructure. He is currently on gardening leave set to join ODDO in the coming months, The TRADE understands. Stephen Wilkes, the head of buy-side solutions sales and head of securities services at Deutsche Bank, will be departing his role after spending almost 13 years at the bank.

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