Equities

New hire joins from Soros Fund Management, having served in various different roles over the past 14 years. 

As AI and technological transformations command an increasingly central role in the shift to continuous trading, panellists speaking at the TradingTech Summit on Thursday emphasised the importance of human presence on the desk in order to ensure a successful shift to these models.  

Move will enable global clients accessing the National Stock Exchange of India (NSE) to utilise the platform’s full suite of trading tools, including execution algorithms. 

New hire comes shortly after a recent addition to Rothschild & Co’s equities execution business, and is set to support the firm’s Global Markets Solutions (GMS) platform.  

New hire is set to support the development of Investec’s ZebrA-X platform, and has also previously served at firms including Numis Securities and Canaccord Genuity.  

South Africa needs to change its mindset and start thinking more deliberately about the long term, asserted one buy-side panellist speaking at the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) SA Trade Connect 2026 conference on Thursday. 

The regulatory body also reaffirmed the need for more comprehensive reforms to the UK’s Reasonable Commercial Basis (RCB) framework, to resolve broader market data issues related to the tape.  

The new hires all join from Tourmaline Partners, and are set to support the firm’s US expansion and overall growth.  

The new contracts will include stocks from the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and Russell 1000 indices, and follow a recent surge in institutional demand for equity derivatives across the industry. 

The appointment is expected to bolster Bernstein’s Continental and Dutch platform and strengthen the firm’s franchise in the region.