Millennium
Vicky Mok has joined Millennium as a fixed income trader.
The move sees London-based Mok leaving her most recent position as vice president of hedge fund sales at Deutsche Bank, which she had held from July 2022 to March 2025.
Prior to her time at Deutsche Bank, she served at Goldman Sachs for more than seven years, and held the position of vice president of futures sales and trading from December 2020 to July 2022.
MFS Investment Management
Morgan Stanley sales trading specialist Tracey O’Shea has left the bank to join buy-side firm MFS Investment Management, The TRADE can reveal.
O’Shea has swapped the sell-side for the buy-side after serving with Morgan Stanley for nearly three decades, originally joining in 1997.
She joins MFS Investment Management’s European equities trading team, operating under director of international trading, Jennifer Blanchette.
Morgan Stanley declined to comment on her departure.
A spokesperson for MFS Investment Management could not be reached for comment at the time of publishing.
Citi
Citi has named Nathan Swami as Singapore head of markets, replacing Smith Smithangura who is retiring in June after more than 15 years with the firm.
The move will see Swami stepping up to position effective immediately, and he will simultaneously continue his current role as head of FX trading for APAC.
He holds 17 years of experience with the firm and has also served in leadership positions including head of FX options trading, head of FX trading for APAC and chief executive of CIBSL.
In an internal memo seen by The TRADE, Sue Lee, head of markets, Asia South Cluster and Tibor Pandi, Citi country officer and banking head Singapore, said: “Given Singapore’s role as a key trading hub for Citi in the region, we are confident that Nathan will use his experience and leadership to partner across all our products and sales teams to deliver best in class solutions to our clients and continue to grow our business.”
Swami succeeds Smith, who during his 15-year tenure with the firm, has served in various roles including as the ASEAN head of investor sales and head of markets for Singapore.
Stifel
US investment bank Stifel has appointed Sarrah Chaker as a sales trader covering US markets to European clients, The TRADE can reveal.
In her new position, Chaker will be based out of Paris, where she will report to Seema Arora, Stifel’s managing director and head of execution services for EMEA.
She joins from Jefferies, where she served as a US equity sales trader from April 2020 to March 2024.
Prior to this, she also worked as a European equity trader at Barclays Investment Bank in London for 4 years.
Qube Research & Technologies
Max Wildenberg has joined Qube Research & Technologies in a role covering business development, European equities and futures.
Wildenberg joins the firm after more than three years at Aquis Exchange, where he most recently served as an executive director.
Previously in his career, Wildenberg also worked at CACEIS as a cost transparency analyst from August 2019 to January 2022.
Marex
Andrew Ko has been named Marex’s head of Korea sales.
The role will see Ko be based out of Hong Kong, where he is set to lead the development and execution of Marex’s South Korean financial products strategy.
He brings more than 16 years of South Korean financial services experience to his new position, and will report to Franck Fayard, head of APAC for Marex Financial Products.
Previously in his career, Ko has worked at Nomura Securities where he held the position of executive director of structured solutions sales for more than seven years.
“[Ko’s] expertise in the Korean market and structured solutions will be instrumental in deepening client engagement and broadening our financial product offerings in the region,” said Fayard.