Global Trading

Anne-Sophie van Royen has joined Northern Trust Asset Management as head of index and quantitative strategies. Based in Chicago, she reported to global co-chief investment officers Anwiti Bahuguna and Christian […]

US lit market volumes hit a two-year record in March, while retail price improvement showed a steady increase, led by Citadel Securities and Virtu. Citadel Securities led the way with […]

Market fragmentation drives demand for smarter liquidity-seeking models   Growing market fragmentation and the rise of off-book trading are challenging traditional buy-side trading analytics, says Henry Yegerman, TCA product lead […]

The much-contested data revenues of European exchanges rose again in the first quarter of 2026, Euronext storming forward with a 6.5% year-on-year increase to €69.3 million. The increase comes before […]

Hong Kong ETF market surges as cross-border access and global demand drive growth   Hong Kong ETF market surges as cross-border access and global demand drive growth Hong Kong’s ETF […]

Boutique transaction cost analysis (TCA) provider Xyt is working to catch up with market leaders Virtu Financial, BestX and Bloomberg. Most recently, Liechtensteiner private bank and asset management group LGT […]

Quoniam bets on AI to decode market sentiment and automate strategy.   Systematic asset manager Quoniam Asset Management is expanding its use of AI to extract signals from increasingly complex […]

August Marčan has joined Citadel as a long/short equity associate. Based in London, he specialises in international financials equities. Hedge fund Citadel reported US$65 billion in assets under management in […]

Elgin Chau has joined CIBC as an associate quantitative portfolio manager. CIBC reported CAD 3.1 billion in net income over Q1 2026, up 43% year-on-year (YoY). Its capital markets division […]

Paul Adams has been promoted to head of portfolio management in Downing’s liquid alternatives business. He is based in London. Downing’s liquid alternatives group, led by Russell Catley, is a […]

Jonathan Mortenson has joined Clear Street as director of outsourced trading, based in New Jersey. Clear Street, a mid sized agency broker that offers outsourced trading services, reported US$1 billion […]

The Chinese equity market is currently valued at a record high of US$17 trillion, according to CEIC data, growing considerably from sub-US$12 trillion last year. Yet as the market booms, […]

China offers investors a wealth of opportunity, with the caveat that markets are not fully open. Where the authorities are cautious about changes to market activity and engagement, equally global investors need […]

Simon Walls’s role as executive director of markets at the FCA has been made permanent, after holding the position on a temporary basis since 2024. Elsewhere, Johan Sekora has joined […]

Markets respond to robust global earnings, and signals show growing confidence in China’s recovery.   New Trader TV This Week – Strong earnings, resilient US growth and improving signals from […]

James Caen has joined Sigma Capital Partners MENA as an equity trader in Dubai. Boutique broker Sigma Capital Partners, also operating under Sigma Broking in the UK and Sigma Americas […]

Sebastian Hinz has joined Oddo BHF as an equity sales trader in Frankfurt. Oddo BHF, the sell-side division of financial services group Oddo, holds €156 billion in assets under management. […]

Hanns-Christian von Schuler has joined NuWays AG as a senior equity sales trader. He is based in Hamburg. NuWays provides institutional grade equity research for European small- and mid-cap companies […]

Sam Hart has joined Singer Capital Markets as a UK sales trader. Boutique investment bank Singer Capital Markets’ most recent Companies House filings, for year-end 31 December 2024, state that […]

Front-to-back integration, distributed ledger technology (DLT) and securities finance are reshaping Asia Pacific’s capital markets Asia Pacific’s capital markets are at an inflection point. Rising trading volumes, compressed commissions, shortening […]