Ronan McMahon has been appointed algorithmic sales trader at CLSA, following his departure from Morgan Stanley back in May.
Hong-Kong based McMahon has ten years’ experience in the industry and was previously at Morgan Stanley for four and a half years where he worked as a program trader.
Before that, he spent for seven years as a centralised dealer at State Street, working across: India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
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Previously in his career, McMahon worked as a centralised dealer at Bank of Ireland Asset Management, working on the multi-asset global trading desk.
Earlier this year, trading, portfolio and risk management solutions provider TS Imagine added CLSA’s AI-powered European algo suite to its list of certified brokers. Through the integration, investment managers who are connected to TradeSmart will be able to access CLSA’s AI-powered European algo suite, allowing them to utilise CLSA’s proprietary AI technology which empowers the algos to learn as they trade.