Capital Group
Jim Goldie has been named head of ETF capital markets for Europe and Asia-Pacific at Capital Group following a decade at Invesco.
Goldie most recently held the role of international head of capital markets, ETFs and indexed strategies.
In the new role, London-based Goldie is set to lead the development of the ETF capital markets function across Europe and Asia-Pacific, supporting the firm’s plans to serve more clients across the regions.
He is also currently chair of the EFAMA ETF taskforce, and co-chair of the EU’s T+1 governance committee for asset management.
Rothschild & Co
Rothschild & Co has named Joelle Tarrant as the firm’s new head of market structure and strategy, The TRADE can reveal.
Tarrant will be based out of Rothschild & Co’s London office and is set to support the firm’s integrated equity capital solutions platform, Global Markets Solutions (GMS), in her new role.
Tarrant brings more than 15 years of industry experience to her new role, and joins the firm from HSBC, where she most recently served as global co-head of cross asset electronic sales.
She initially joined the bank in 2017 as a director, global head of market structure and index strategy, and has also held the positions of head of European electronic trading and head of continental equities execution during her time at the firm.
Prior to this, she worked at RBC for more than three years as a director in electronic trading and market structure.
Wells Fargo
Charles Adams has joined Wells Fargo as a senior lead in European rates cash trading, following a 14-year tenure at JP Morgan.
Adams will be based out of London in his new role, which will see him trading and building out the firm’s market making platform across SSA and related rates securities.
He joins Wells Fargo after a year as head of EMEA sovereign, supranational, and agency (SSA) and credit repo trading at JP Morgan, having initially joined as an analyst in January 2011.
During his time at JP Morgan, Adams worked his way up the ranks, serving in various different roles across both London and Paris, including working as head of EMEA specials trading, where he set up and ran the continental SSA and credit repo trading desk in Paris, and built out the business’ European footprint.
Investec
Investec has appointed Vinesh Chhaya as an electronic equities sales trader, as part of the firm’s efforts to build out its electronic trading capabilities and strengthen client coverage, The TRADE can reveal.
London-based Chhaya brings extensive industry experience working in senior positions across the sell-side to his new role, and he is also set to support Investec’s development of its electronic execution platform, ZebrA-X, which launched in February 2025.
Chhaya joins Investec from Peel Hunt, where he spent more than two years as an algo sales trader.
Prior to this, he held an electronic sales trading role at Numis Securities for four years, as well as working as an equity sales trader at Canaccord Genuity from 2016 to 2019.
Citi
Citi has appointed Thai Nguyet Minh (Minh Thai) as head of markets and country treasurer for Vietnam.
The appointment aligns with Citi’s plans to capitalise on growth opportunities with Vietnam’s markets, and in her new role, Minh Thai is set to support the firm’s development and execution of short and long-term strategies for its Vietnamese markets franchise and clients.
Minh Thai will report to Sue Lee, head of markets for Asia South, and brings almost 20 years of markets experience to her new position, working across sectors spanning client advisory, foreign exchange and derivatives.
She joins the firm from Maybank, where she spent the past year as head of global markets Vietnam.
Prior to this, she worked at BNP Paribas for almost 15 years, initially joining as a graduate in 2010, before working her way up the ranks to later become head of global macro sales.
Kraken
John Palmer has joined US cryptocurrency exchange Kraken as global head of derivatives.
New York-based Palmer brings extensive derivatives experience to his new role, and joins Kraken after nearly two years at IEX, initially joining as head of options, before becoming head of cross asset product.
Before this, he held various positions at Cboe Global Markets where he worked for five years, before later returning in 2022 after a stint as CrossTower as global head of product strategy.
During his time at Cboe, Palmer served in roles including as president of Cboe Digital, head of options and a senior vice president, working in US derivatives market development.
Cadian Capital Management
Ashish Hansoty has joined Cadian Capital Management as an equity trader, based out of New York.
Hansoty brings almost two decades of industry experience to his new role, and joins the buy-side firm from Soros Fund Management, where he had worked for the last 14 years.
He initially joined Soros Fund Management in a role in the middle office in 2011, before becoming a multi-asset class trading assistant, and later stepping into his most recent role as an execution trader covering equities.
Hansoty also gained early career at JP Morgan, where he served as an associate in the middle office.