BlackRock has appointed Nick Craze head of the EMEA equity trading desk following the promotion of Paul Battams to head of international equity trading, The TRADE can reveal.
Craze has been on the desk for more than 15 years and prior to this promotion oversaw the ‘model and derivatives group’ on the BlackRock EMEA equity desk since 2016.
That team was responsible for trading European equity derivatives, as well as all of BlackRock’s European equity index, transitions and quantitative active strategies.
He will now manage the entire desk, made up of 14 traders, having previously managed a team of six.
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Craze joined the asset manager back in 2006, initially working in asset allocation and equity investments before becoming an equity trader.