MUFG 
MUFG has named Dylan Roy as head of G10 rates (ex-Japan), in a move set to support the firm’s build-out of its global rates franchise.
Roy will assume responsibility for leading MUFG’s G10 rates (ex-Japan) business and brings more than three decades of global fixed income, rates, FX and credit markets experience to his new position.Roy has worked across both New York and London over the course of his career.
He most recently served as global co-head of fixed income trading at UBS Investment Bank until his departure in 2022.
Roy had worked at the firm for more than 11 years in positions including head of FX, rates and credit for the Americas. In his global co-head role, he supported teams in the Americas, Europe and Asia, and assumed oversight of UBS’ business strategy, risk management and resource allocation across global fixed income.
Earlier in his career, he also spent 14 years at Barclays in London, where he served as a director, covering interest rate options trading.
Citadel Securities
Margot Dijkstra has been promoted to head of client equities trading EMEA at Citadel Securities.
The promotion extends London-based Dijkstra’s ongoing five-year tenure at Citadel Securities, having initially joined the market maker as a systematic trader in 2021.
Prior to this, Dijkstra worked in Amsterdam as a trader at quantitative proprietary trading firm Quantlab Group, a role she held for more than three years.
Earlier in her career, she also served as an analyst at Deloitte Nederland for a three-month stint.HSBC
Tom Zhang has been promoted to head of Asia FX trading, Americas at HSBC.
New York-based Zhang steps into the role after initially joining the bank in 2022 as an EMFX Asia trader.
In his new position, Zhang assumes responsibility for leading Asia FX trading across the Americas, spanning market making, risk management, liquidity provision and trading strategy across Asian, Middle Eastern and Eastern European currencies.
During his ongoing tenure at the firm, he has also served in a director position.
Prior to joining HSBC, Zhang spent seven years at Barclays. He initially served in an analyst role there before moving into an FX trader position, and later became a vice president in EMFX Asia trading.
Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange
Alex Krunic has joined the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange (ADX) as chief capital markets officer, following four years working in Kuwait.
In the new position, Krunic will play an active role in advancing ADX’s market strategy, broadening its product offering, deepening institutional engagement, and supporting the next phase of the exchange’s growth.
Krunic has 25 years of international capital markets experience from a range of roles across the trading and post-trade sectors. Specifically, his career includes post-trade roles at LCH, Societe Generale, JP Morgan and Citi, among others.Goldman Sachs
Jonas Schmitten has left Goldman Sachs after a more than five-year tenure, The TRADE can reveal.
London-based Schmitten served as VP, head of FX MarketStrats for EMEA during his time at the firm.
His next role is currently unknown; Goldman Sachs declined to comment when contacted by The TRADE.
Prior to joining Goldman Sachs, Schmitten spent a three-month stint at IBS Capital Allies, where he worked in a role covering asset management.
Earlier in his career, he also worked in equity-focused positions at firms including Parus Finance.
Marshall Wace
Marshall Wace has appointed Violaine Ferrandez as a trader, based in London.
Ferrandez joins the hedge fund manager after having previously worked on the sell-side, most recently as a vice president, electronic equity sales trader at Citi.
She initially joined Citi in 2020 as a market analyst, and during her six years at the firm also served in an assistant vice president position.
Junto Capital Management
Ryan Larsen has swapped the sell-side for the buy-side, joining Junto Capital Management as a trader after a seven-year tenure at Jefferies.
New York-based Larsen joins the hedge fund manager after most recently serving as a vice president in electronic trading at Jefferies, a role he held for almost two years.
He began his tenure at the firm in 2018 as an analyst before later stepping into a position focused on electronic and program trading.