Optiver enhances US institutional ETF trading desk with two new hires
The two additions span a new head of US institutional ETF sales trading and a US ETF sales trader, and are set to support Optiver’s expansion across the ecosystem.
The two additions span a new head of US institutional ETF sales trading and a US ETF sales trader, and are set to support Optiver’s expansion across the ecosystem.
Individual brings more than 20 years of electronic trading experience to the new role, having also previously worked at RBC Capital Markets and Merrill Lynch.
“Large investment banks still have a stronghold on a range of products, including bespoke and structured solutions, where NBLPs do not currently compete and barriers to entry remain high,” Coalition Greenwich tells The TRADE.
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Deal is set to close in Q3 2026; move will bolster the expansion of the asset manager’s private credit platform across the Continent.
The offering will allow institutional investors to estimate counterparty price commitment prior to indicating intent to trade; T.Rowe Price has signed on as an anchor client, The TRADE understands.
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New positions across the past week include an exchange head of clearing, as well as two hires to support the growth of US institutional ETF trading, and a sell-side algo trader appointment.
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Exegy’s Axiom feed will now span exchanges in Saudia Arabia (TASI), Qatar (QSE), Kuwait (KSE), Abu Dhabi (ADX), and Dubai (DFM), complementing the firm’s existing Middle East and Africa regional coverage.
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The collaboration expands the two firm’s ongoing partnership and will allow Marathon to home in on greater client service engagement and investment decisions.
The license – granted via Virtu’s Irish subsidiary – will allow the firm to offer a suite of regulated crypto-asset services under a single framework, including trading and liquidity provision capabilities.
Appointment comes as the firm continues its path toward its “future pan-European, interoperable and multi-asset CCP”.
Following the completion of the transaction, Corient's offering now spans more than 300 partners and an excess of $500 billion for its client base.