It was another busy week for people moves, with multiple career changes across the street.
Industry veteran Ed Benson confirmed plans to retire at the end of this year, after a 43-year long career that included 17 years at SG Warburg, 16 years as EMEA head of sales trading at Deutsche Bank, and (most recently) a decade as managing director and head of European sales trading at BTIG.
“I have been incredibly privileged to have worked at three amazing investment banks. The people with whom I have worked are all extraordinary individuals and have had a profound impact on my life and to whom I am exceptionally grateful,” Benson said in an update on social media.
In other news, Marc Castagnera left Berenberg to join Kepler as an electronic sales trader working within its electronic distribution team, based in New York. In his new role, Kepler confirmed he will work “at the intersection of both client and execution development” in line with its strategy of growing its execution footprint and expertise.
Before joining Berenberg in 2014, Castagnera spent three years at SSW-Trading as a trader and four and a half years as a transfer agent at European Fund Services.
Last (but most certainly not least), The TRADE revealed that Dominic Eccles has joined Fidelity International as an equities trader, moving to the firm from Federated Hermes, where he spent the last two and a half years.
Eccles previously spent four years at Woodford Investment Management as an equity trader and three years collectively across BP Investment Management and Legal & General Investment Management in investment operations roles. He was recognised as a Rising Star of Trading and Execution at Leaders in Trading in 2021, and joins the Fidelity International equities trading desk, working with senior equities trader Grainne O’Connor, who was voted Trader of the Year at the 2022 Leaders in Trading Awards.