HSBC’s head of artificial intelligence (AI) for markets and securities services, Ash Booth, has departed for rival bank JP Morgan. Booth joined JP Morgan as applied AI lead for markets operations after spending the last nine years with HSBC in data science roles. He originally joined HSBC in 2014 as a developer for front office data, working his way up to his most recent role as head of AI for markets and securities services which he served in for four years.
RBC’s co-head of European electronic sales and trading, Bianca Gould, is set to leave the bank after almost three years, as part of streamlining measures. According to sources familiar with the matter, it has been communicated to clients that due to streamlining, certain roles have been eliminated. Gould’s next role is not yet confirmed. Gould joined RBC Capital Markets in October 2020 to co-lead its European low touch sales and trading business alongside Chris Parker, who has been in the role since 2011. She has extensive experience in the algorithmic and electronic sales and trading space, after previously spending 16 years at Redburn where she held various roles within the European equities sales trading team, most recently as head of algorithmic trading.
James Kirk joined independent outsourced trading services provider Tourmaline Partners as managing director. Earlier this month he announced his departure from Liquidnet where he most recently served as co-head of trading for EMEA for two years, having originally joined the business in 2015. Previously, Kirk served as an equity trader at brokerage firm BTIG and has also held senior positions at ConvergEx Group as vice president, and RBS as European head of agency portfolio trading.
CME Group’s fixed income platform BrokerTec appointed Sara Carter as an executive director and global head of repo. Carter joined BrokerTec from Morgan Stanley, where she most recently served as executive director for client financing sales. Elsewhere in her 15-year tenure at Morgan Stanley, Carter held various senior fixed income sales and trading positions, including serving as vice president of fixed income rates sales.