The TRADE

MARCH 25, 2024

The London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) has moved to expand its business development division under Richard Worrell with the appointment of a former Citi individual, The TRADE can reveal. Reesha Radia is set to join the exchange in April as a senior manager in business development and sales. LSEG confirmed her appointment.

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The TRADE

JUNE 22, 2023

Aquis Exchange has promoted two of its long-standing employees to take up new roles as head of sales and head of liquidity and trading strategies. Pasquale Crispi has been promoted to head of liquidity and trading strategies after serving at the exchange for just under 10 years as a director of sales and business development.

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Global Banking & Finance

JUNE 21, 2023

UK’s Berkeley forecasts 20% drop in house sales as interest rates rises weigh By Suban Abdulla and Aby Jose Koilparambil (Reuters) -British high-end housebuilder Berkeley on Wednesday forecast a 20% drop in sales for the fiscal year that began on May 1, as demand suffers from rising interest rates and tough trading conditions due to […] (..)

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The TRADE

MARCH 21, 2024

US-based block trading start up OptimX has selected a former Virtu buy-side sales specialist to become its new head of institutional sales, The TRADE can reveal. Michelle Butler joins OptimX to head up its buy-side business after most recently serving at Virtu for 19 years, managing sales for its POSIT Alert business.

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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. The post GTN appoints new equity sales trader appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Stuart Parris has been appointed head of sales at Euronext FX, overseeing a global sales team covering the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions. Parris has been with the business since 2018 and has held different senior roles during his tenure, most recently as director, EMEA sales focused on sell-side tier 1 client engagement.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Stuart Lawrence has been appointed head of European equities trading at UBS Asset Management four and a half years after he joined the firm in June 2019. He was most recently head of UK equity trading at UBS Asset Management, having previously served as a high touch equity sales trader at Kepler Cheuvreux.

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The TRADE

MARCH 13, 2024

BTIG has 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

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

Investec Bank is set to launch a new electronic trading platform aimed at facilitating low-touch equity trading, The TRADE can reveal. Investecs market expertise spans the UK and South Africa, and trades in 64 markets from these two regions.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Trading Technologies (TT) has made three new appointments to its senior leadership team, including chief operating officer; executive vice president of fixed income; and executive vice president of futures and options – all of which will join the firm on 1 January 2024.

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The TRADE

MARCH 22, 2024

HSBC has appointed Matthew Stanton as managing director, head of equities sales trading for Americas. Stanton joins HSBC from Primary Portal, where he served as a sales consultant. Prior to that, he spent just over seven years at Barclays, most recently serving as managing director, head of cash sales trading, Americas.

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JD Supra: Mergers

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Ninth Circuit Affirms Dismissal of Insider Trading Claims Against Satellite Operator Investors Based on Stock Sales After FCC Chairman Vote - In re Silver Lake Grp.,

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Global Banking & Finance

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

By Savyata Mishra (Reuters) – Ralph Lauren raised its annual sales forecast on Thursday, on strong holiday demand for its expensive cashmere sweaters and shirts as wealthy customers remain undeterred by price hikes. Shares of the luxury retailer rose 5% in early trading as the company also beat its second-quarter results.

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The New York Times: Mergers, Acquisitions and Dive

AUGUST 1, 2024

The e-commerce giant’s stock dipped about 5 percent in after-hours trading after lower-than-expected guidance.

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JD Supra: Mergers

AUGUST 16, 2024

The Supreme Court confirmed in Centrica Overseas Holdings Ltd v HMRC that the tests for trading and management expenses of a capital nature are the same.

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The TRADE

JULY 19, 2023

More than three quarters of surveyed prop trading firms confirmed said volatility trading strategies had out-performed other markets last year, according to a new report from Acuiti. Around a third of surveyed firms which are not currently trading volatility products confirmed their intention to do so going forward.

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JD Supra: Mergers

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Two Sides of the Same Coin: Analyzing the Recent Ripple and Terraform Decisions - Key Points - - In July 2023, Judges Torres and Rakoff in the Southern District of New York issued rulings on whether digital asset sales through trading platforms constitute securities transactions subject to the federal securities laws.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 30, 2023

Union Investment’s Christoph Hock is set to step away from his role as head of multi-asset trading later this year to pursue an opportunity in digital assets and tokenisation within the asset management firm, The TRADE can reveal. Union is bolstering its digital assets division, The TRADE understands.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Clear Street has hired four trading and execution experts into its UK leadership team as it seeks to bolster its presence in the jurisdiction. The post Clear Street appoints trading experts to senior positions as it bolsters UK operations appeared first on The TRADE.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JANUARY 26, 2024

Seyfarth Synopsis: On January 22, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that the 2024 threshold for applying the size-of-parties test of the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act will increase from $111.4 million to $119.5 Deals that exceed this $119.5 million threshold may need to be reported to the FTC and U.S. By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

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TechCrunch: M&A

MAY 17, 2023

Securities and Exchange Commission due to the nature of XRP token sales. billion from sales of the XRP token. Metaco has been working with institutional customers to provide them several enterprise-grade solutions, such as custody, orchestration, trading and more. In 2020, Ripple and its team faced a lawsuit from the U.S.

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JD Supra: Mergers

JUNE 21, 2024

We have been reporting on the Federal Trade Commission’s continuing effort to block Novant Health’s purchase of Lake Norman Regional Medical Center and Davis Regional Psychiatric Hospital from Community Health Systems. Last week, the U.S.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The petition explains that despite the two closely related rules being finalised on the same day, the SEC adopted vastly different reporting requirements, leading to a contradictory approach to the two aspects of the same underlying transaction – “the short sales themselves and the loans of securities to facilitate those short sales”.

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CNBC: Investing

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The Wall Street investment bank advised clients to focus on identifying companies capable of growing sales at a fast pace.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Jason Green has been named director at BNP Paribas, focused on systematic macro sales following 10 and a half years at Morgan Stanley. Whilst at Morgan Stanley he most recently served as executive director in electronic FX institutional sales. Before that, Green worked in fixed income derivatives solutions at Barclays Investment Bank.

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The TRADE

JUNE 19, 2024

UBS has appointed Carlos Salcedo head of capital markets financing sales Americas, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. Effective from 1 September, Salcedo will be based in New York, reporting to Dan Murphy, Americas head of franchise sales. As part of the role, he helped enhance Barclays’ custom baskets business.

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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

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Stifel has selected a former Instinet executive to join its ranks as managing director and head of execution services for EMEA, The TRADE can reveal. Prior to joining Instinet, Arora spent almost 11 years at Kepler Cheuvreux in senior execution services sales roles. Stifel did not respond to a request for comment.

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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

APRIL 5, 2024

Jefferies has appointed Joram Siegel as managing director, head of fixed income outsourced trading. Siegel joins Jefferies from Marex, where he spent the last four months serving as head of fixed income outsourced trading. Other previous tenures include credit trading roles at both Barclays Investment Bank and Credit Suisse.

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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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How2Exit

OCTOBER 16, 2023

b' E149: Bill Snow: From Sales to Mergers and Acquisitions Expert - Watch Here rn rn Here is what my team and I learned from this interview: (These are notes from team members, writers, sometimes AI, and even listeners who submitted what i learned loosely edited and shared here) - If it seems a bit unrefined, you're reading our notes, so.

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How2Exit

APRIL 2, 2024

b' E201: Trading Treadmills for Acquisitions: Reid Tileston's Journey to Entrepreneurial Success - Watch Here rn rn About the Guest(s): rn Reid Tileston, a seasoned professional with a fascinating background in finance and a passion for fitness, shared his journey on the How2Exit Podcast. rn The broader implications here are far-reaching.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 7, 2025

As part of the role, she oversaw equity capital markets (ECM), trading and post-trade activities. Earlier in her career, Day held senior roles at Dresdner Kleinwort, as well as serving as director of equity sales at Panmure Gordon. The post AFME appoints new head of capital markets appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 27, 2024

Morgan Stanley has appointed Pankaj Dhake as a new electronic sales trader, based in Mumbai. Dhake joins Morgan Stanley from CLSA, where he spent nearly seven years, most recently as an electronic sales trader. The post Morgan Stanley taps CLSA for new electronic sales trader appeared first on The TRADE.

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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

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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