Laetitia Visconti has joined Aquis Exchange as head of market structure following almost 14 years at Barclays.
The position is a newly created role, The TRADE understands.
Most recently, Visconti served as head of EMEA equities market structure and market connectivity, overseeing Barclays’ equities low latency market access to EMEA trading venues and liquidity providers.
She was also responsible for leading the firm’s market structure and policy agenda – from advocacy to implementation.
London-based Visconti has also previously worked at SunGard Global Execution Services as head of liquidity services.
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Last November, SIX Exchange Group agreed to acquire the entire issued and to be issued ordinary share capital of Aquis – with the cash offer for the business set to undoubtedly shake up the equities landscape.
To date, the requisite majorities of shareholders have already voted in favour of the SIX offer with the deal is set to complete in Q2 2025.