People Moves Monday: BNY Mellon, BlackRock, Tourmaline Partners and more…
The past week saw appointments across fixed income and equities, as well as the C-suite.
Equities
FIX EMEA 2024: Making European equities great again
Regulatory fatigue a key factor in the underperformance of the European equity market a panel of experts at the FIX EMEA Trading Conference agreed.
BNY Mellon names new head of fixed income and equities EMEA and head of US fixed income
Former co-head of equities electronic sales and trading at RBC Capital Markets takes on EMEA role, while ex-CIBC fixed income specialist also joins growing team.
Ex-Credit Suisse senior trader joins Kepler Cheuvreux
Incoming individual is an equity markets specialist, having spent 16 years buying, selling and crossing European and emerging stocks at Credit Suisse.
JonesTrading deploys FlexTrade Systems’ FlexOMS to power its sell-side trading desks
FlexOMS has been deployed across JonesTrading’s equities and electronic trading business units, alongside being the full-service technology platform for its outsourced trading offering.
Macquarie Group promotes from within for new head of equities trading for APAC
Incoming head previously served as portfolio manager/analyst; held various senior positions at AMP Capital before joining Macquarie.
Liquidnet extends VWAP pre-market block trading functionality to Singapore
VWAP Cross is rolling out on a market-by-market basis to ensure it meets regional regulatory and market structure requirements, head of equities for APAC at Liquidnet, Tristan Baldwin, tells The TRADE.
Marex hires in ex-Winterflood Securities equities trader
Incoming individual is departing from Winterflood Securities after 14 years with the business.
Embracing change on the BlackRock EMEA equity trading desk
Claudia Preece sat down with the BlackRock EMEA equity trading team – winner of the 2023 Trading Desk of the Year, Long-Only Award – to discuss the wide breadth of the desk’s coverage, delving into what constitutes the ideal dynamic for a successful team, the key lessons gleaned from years of experience working across the equities space, and what the future holds for life on the desk.
Natural block liquidity is shifting Canadian equities towards e-trading, finds report
Despite a brief uptick in high-touch trading, e-trading strategies are seeing increased usage - 32% in 2023 compared to 28% in 2021 - with this expected to continue to rise in the next three years.