Jefferies’ managing director and head of US equity distribution in Europe, Guy Trust, has left the bank after nearly a decade to join Daiwa Capital Markets Europe, The TRADE can reveal.
He joins the investment banking arm of Daiwa Securities Group as its new head of equities after nine and a half years with Jefferies, having joined in 2014 in his most recent role.
Trust has an extensive career specialising in equities and arbitrage strategies. Prior to joining Jefferies, he spent just under a decade at Morgan Stanley as an executive director covering US equity sales in London and Scandinavia.
Previously in his career, he spent two years at Praeda Capital and a year at London Capital Group, both in trading roles focused on arbitrage strategies. He began his career as a junior portfolio manager at RSA covering US equities.