CNBC: Investing

JUNE 22, 2023

The Clouty Music, Media and Entertainment ETF (TUNE) began trading Thursday with 50 stocks in its portfolio.

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The TRADE

MARCH 22, 2024

Head of SIX Swiss Exchange Christian Reuss has marked his last day at the trading venue as he moves onto pastures new. Christian Reuss, Werner Bürki Reuss has been with the trading venue for just over 15 years, originally joining in 2009 as chief executive of a joint venture named Scoach, in partnership with Deutsche Börse.

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The TRADE

JUNE 8, 2023

Delikaris rejoins the firm from Coinbase, where he most recently served as head of digital finance trading. Previously, he served as State Street’s global head of algorithmic trading, securities finance. Prior to that, he spent nine years at State Street, serving as managing director, global head of AAPS – a role he will reprise.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 17, 2025

McDonald told The TRADE that he is looking forward to the new role, adding: I’ve been warmly welcomed into the team by everyone and am very grateful for the opportunity to work for Julius Baer. I’m thoroughly looking forward to working in Monaco, focusing on providing excellent cross-asset trade execution to clients.

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The TRADE

MARCH 6, 2024

Paul Battams has been named head of international equity trading at BlackRock following 23 years with the firm according to an announcement on social media. The EMEA equity trading desk won the 2023 Trading Desk of the Year, Long-Only Award at the Leaders in Trading 2023 event.

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The TRADE

JULY 23, 2024

Lara Jacobs has been appointed vice president – equities electronic trading coverage at JP Morgan following six years with Liquidnet. She most recently served as head of international client trading, EMEA. Read more: Fireside Friday with… Liquidnet’s Jeff O’Connor Jacobs announced her new role in a social media post.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 12, 2024

StoneX Group has appointed former head of trading at Incline Global Management, Evan Halpern, as managing director of fixed income outsourced trading, The TRADE can reveal. Throughout his career, Halpern has held trading and portfolio management roles at a wide selection of firms.

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The TRADE

JUNE 7, 2024

Alex Livingstone, formerly head of trading for ETFs and FX at Titan Asset Management has joined Titan Investment Solutions as a junior portfolio manager and trader, according to an announcement on social media. Livingstone has previously served as head of trading – FX and ETFs at Tavistock Investments.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 9, 2025

Optiver, IMC Trading, Jump Trading Group, XTX Markets and ABN AMRO Clearing Bank have invested in A5X, a new Brazilian derivatives exchange which is set to begin operations by 2026. The development of the new derivatives exchange has been in the works for 18 months and is set to offer trading and post-trading solutions in Brazil.

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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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CNBC: Investing

APRIL 8, 2024

Energy is up 17% for year, significantly outpacing the 9% gain for the S&P 500 and second only to the media and entertainment sector which is up 20%.

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The TRADE

JUNE 29, 2023

Liquidnet’s co-head of trading for EMEA, James Kirk, has departed for pastures new, The TRADE can reveal. He departs after spending the last two years as Liquidnet’s co-head of EMEA trading, according to an update on social media. When I joined, we were doing only a handful of trades a day on the execution desk.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

MUFG has appointed Daniel Sbroocca in a credit trading position, The TRADE can reveal. According to a social media post, Sbrocca joins MUFG from BNP Paribas where he spent almost nine years. The post MUFG expands credit trading team with appointment from BNP Paribas appeared first on The TRADE.

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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. According to a social media post, Brown joins from JP Morgan where he spent nearly four years as executive director of quantitative investment strategies (QIS).

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The TRADE

JUNE 3, 2024

FactSet has partnered with Wall Street’s first consolidated corporate bond quote system BondCliQ, to make its corporate bond pre-trade data available to FactSet users. The post FactSet to offer BondCliQ corporate bond pre-trade data appeared first on The TRADE.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

DECEMBER 4, 2024

However, one common point across all the verticals is that IPOs are not common because there aren’t that many publicly traded sports teams, stadiums, or arenas. What about VIP ticket sales, apparel licensing, and media partnerships? A few smaller European football clubs also happen to be publicly traded (Ajax, Celtic, etc.).

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Balyasny Asset Management has appointed Harrison Chesterton as associate director within its equity finance trading division, The TRADE can reveal. The post Balyasny Asset Management names new associate director of equity finance trading appeared first on The TRADE.

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The Guardian: Mergers & Acquisitions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

US Department of Justice questions compliance with FTC order on data security and privacy practices Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter created a “chaotic environment” at the social media platform that may have violated a government order requiring an overhaul of its data security and privacy practices, according to a court filing.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

Axis Capital Markets has appointed Lewis Jones in an institutional sales and trading role, The TRADE can reveal. According to an update on social media, Jones joins Axis Capital Markets from IBP Markets, where he served as an equity sales trader for nearly three years.

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CNBC: Investing

JANUARY 4, 2025

A sky-high stock, surging popularity and a crypto-native cheering section on social media makes some wonder if MicroStrategy might go the way of a meme stock.

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The TRADE

APRIL 22, 2024

BMO Capital Markets managing director and co-head of electronic trading has left the bank, The TRADE can reveal. Wald is departing after four years in his most recent role, according to an update on his social media. The post BMO Capital Markets co-head of electronic trading departs appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 20, 2023

Jonathan Tse has been appointed managing director, EMEA head of electronic trading quant analytics, platform and product at UBS, as he moves over from Credit Suisse. In his new role, Tse is set to focus on growing algo platforms, as well as working in electronic trading for cash equities, global FX, and global exchange traded derivatives.

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The TRADE

JULY 7, 2023

James Kirk has joined independent outsourced trading services provider Tourmaline Partners as managing director, according to an announcement on social media. The post Tourmaline hires former Liquidnet co-head of EMEA trading appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Macquarie Group has appointed Dylan Kluth head of equites trading for Asia Pacific, The TRADE can reveal. Kluth announced his promotion in a social media post, adding: “Eight years in London flew by, and I’m very excited about this new opportunity.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 10, 2023

Cantor Fitzgerald Europe has appointed William Lindsay as its new head of Technology, Media and Telecoms (TMT) sales for the EMEA region. The post Cantor Fitzgerald Europe taps Berenberg for new head of EMEA Technology, Media and Telecoms sales appeared first on The TRADE.

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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

MARCH 4, 2024

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has promoted one of its own to the role of head of US equity and foreign exchange trading, The TRADE can reveal. Gregory Corrigan has been selected to take up the reins for US equity and FX trading after eight years at LGIM.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

A Citadel equity trader and senior associate has left the firm to join Ilex Capital, The TRADE can reveal. According to an update on his social media, Jack Boland has joined Ilex Capital in a US equity trading and global equity capital markets role. The post Citadel trader joins Ilex Capital appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JUNE 13, 2023

BlackRock has promoted from within for its new head of European credit trading, according to an update on social media. Dean Catton has been selected to take the helm for the asset manager’s European credit business after spending the last two years as its head of European leveraged finance trading for its alternatives business.

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The TRADE

MARCH 21, 2024

The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has released findings from an industry-wide settlement cycle consultation, presenting various viewpoints on exchange trading hours in the context of a shift to T+1. ESMA did note that, overall, views on whether T+1 should be pursued are “quite mixed”.

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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. Jamie Miller Based in London, Jamie Miller has been appointed to head up the division in EMEA after eight and a half years as an employee of the bank, specialising in equity sales trading, according to an update on his social media.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted major rule changes for the $26 trillion US Treasury market requiring more trades to be centrally cleared. Bottom line: most repo must be cleared; Treasury trades between dealers must be cleared; dealer and customer margin must be kept separate.”

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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

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. The post Trading Technologies hires in ex-Bloomberg expert as EMEA director appeared first on The TRADE.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

The new publicly traded company is set to debut next year, with a bundle of channels that also includes Oxygen, E! and Syfy.

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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

JUNE 5, 2023

Polar Capital’s head of trading Alex Jenkins has left the boutique hedge fund to join rival Millennium later this year, The TRADE can reveal. Her new title is unconfirmed; however, The TRADE understands that it is not a trading role. The post People Moves Monday: Shifts in the trading space appeared first on The TRADE.

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