Barclays bolsters Japan high touch sales trading desk with CLSA hires
The bank adds two hires to its cash equities business in Tokyo, re-establishing an on-the-ground high-touch execution capability in the market.
The bank adds two hires to its cash equities business in Tokyo, re-establishing an on-the-ground high-touch execution capability in the market.
The past week saw head of trading appointments and trader moves across the buy-side, outsourced trading, and institutional digital assets.
Individual holds more than 15 years’ financial markets experience; has also previously served at Odey Asset Management, Walker Crips and Ashcourt Rowan.
The past week saw appointments across options routing strategy, capital markets and algorithmic sales trading.
Individual has previously worked at: State Street, Bank of Ireland Asset Management, and Morgan Stanley.
Integration will allow investment managers to utilise CLSA’s proprietary AI technology which empowers the algos to learn as they trade.
The past week saw appointments Flow Traders and Liquidity.net, alongside a departure from Virtu Financial.
The departing player is returning to Hong Kong as director of program trading.
Industry veteran Rowley Aird spent almost six years with CLSA, most recently has head of trading and execution services in Europe.