Bernstein expands low touch trading desk with Liquidnet hire
New hire joins the firm’s Hong Kong office as an algorithmic sales trader and brings experience from firms including Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg and Instinet.
New hire joins the firm’s Hong Kong office as an algorithmic sales trader and brings experience from firms including Goldman Sachs, Bloomberg and Instinet.
The new offering will allow institutional investors trading these instruments to access liquidity discreetly and efficiently without losing reach or control.
Individual brings more than 20 years of electronic trading experience to the new role, having also previously worked at RBC Capital Markets and Merrill Lynch.
Industry leaders from Liquidnet, LTX, Bloomberg and Evidology Systems explore the outlook for AI going into 2026, as the industry increasingly adapts to shifts towards AI adoption.
Market experts from RBC Capital Markets, Marex and Liquidnet share their outlook on the biggest factors set to shape European markets in the coming year, including the impact of changes such as single volume caps and the growth of ETFs.
The past week saw numerous traders shift firms across fixed income, equities and sales.
Individual joins after a four-year tenure at Kepler Cheuvreux; previously spent 14 years at Canaccord Genuity.
The TRADE sits down with Prashanth Manoharan, head of execution consulting and market structure at Liquidnet, to examine how declining touch sizes and widening spreads are impacting Europe’s liquidity landscape, how rising trading costs are shaping institutional execution, and the market structure trends set to define 2026.
The agency broker has made two senior trader appointments as part of its expansion into the asset class – one will focus on high touch and the other on low touch.
As part of the move, Liquidnet has partnered with XTX Markets and three other market makers, with more expected to join in the “near future”.