Paul Squires, Invesco head of trading – EMEA and APAC equities, has left the firm after six and a half years, The TRADE can reveal.
A spokesperson for Invesco confirmed Squires’ departure when approached by The TRADE.
London-based Squires joined the firm in 2018 after having spent more than two decades at AXA Investment Management, most recently as head of trading.
Read more – Profile: Paul Squires, AXA Investment Managers
As head of trading, Squires was responsible for 31 traders in London, Paris and Greenwich in the US covering equities, fixed income FX and derivatives.
He initially joined as an equity trader in the UK in 1996, before moving to trade European equities, and subsequently fixed income. Squires was promoted to head of trading after AXA IM’s trading group in 2005 as it merged with the securities financing team.
Prior to joining AXA IM, he worked as a UK equity trader for Mercury Asset Management.
In 2015, Squires collected The TRADE’s Lifetime Achievement award at the Leaders In Trading Awards, a recognition celebrating his significant and enduring impact on the industry.