The TRADE

JULY 12, 2024

Rikki Corbyn has left State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) following 11 and a half years with the firm, The TRADE has learnt. Most recently, Corbyn served as equity and derivatives trader, vice president at SSGA, focused on the EMEA region, having joined the desk in December 2016.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Find previous years’ recognised shortlists here: 2022 –  2021  –  2020  –  2019  –  2018  –  2017  –  2016  –  2015. Congratulations to all the winners below.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Jamie Mortimore is set to re-join Citi to lead the newly formed global rates algo trading team, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. New York-based Mortimore previously spent six and a half years at JP Morgan, most recently as a managing director and head of the global rates automated trading team.

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The TRADE

JUNE 23, 2025

Susquehanna Institutional broker dealer Susquehanna International Securities has appointed Matt Coupe to its fixed income trading team. In his new role, Coupe will be responsible for working with market participants to help them “capture unique opportunities” on securities trading platforms.

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Global Newswire by Notified: M&A

OCTOBER 7, 2024

07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Genco Shipping & Trading Limited (NYSE:GNK) (“Genco” or the “Company”), the largest U.S. headquartered drybulk shipowner focused on the global transportation of commodities, has agreed to acquire a 2016-built 180,000 dwt high-specification Capesize vessel for a purchase price of $47.5 NEW YORK, Oct.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 15, 2024

He joins Nomura from Jefferies, where he held senior leadership positions, most recently serving as managing director for emerging markets (EM) credit trading. Before that, Ameni was a member of Nomura’s EM credit trading desk in London, until 2016.

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The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2024

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) has promoted one of its own to the role of head of US equity and foreign exchange trading, The TRADE can reveal. Gregory Corrigan has been selected to take up the reins for US equity and FX trading after eight years at LGIM.

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The TRADE

JULY 17, 2024

Citi has named a new head of electronic equity sales trading for the EMEA region, The TRADE can reveal. Jamie Miller Based in London, Jamie Miller has been appointed to head up the division in EMEA after eight and a half years as an employee of the bank, specialising in equity sales trading, according to an update on his social media.

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The TRADE

MARCH 11, 2024

BNY Mellon made two key senior managing director hires into its fixed income and equity sales and trading businesses. Gould joined BNY Mellon after three years at RBC Capital Markets where she previously served as co-head of equities electronic sales and trading. The two will operate as co-CEOs until the end of the year.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 9, 2024

The London-based trading team at Ninety One has a very particular set of skills. The active investment manager specialises in emerging and frontier markets trading across fixed income, credit and specialist equities. Ninety One’s trading team consists of 17 globally with six – soon to be seven – based in London.

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The TRADE

JULY 25, 2023

Invesco’s US-based global head of fixed income trading Glenn Taitz has left the firm to join Adroit Trading Technologies, The TRADE can reveal. During his time with the asset manager Taitz was responsible for Invesco’s fixed income trading desks in the US, UK and Hong Kong. He was also at Merrill Lynch for eight years.

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The TRADE

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Order and execution management platform, Adroit Trading Technologies, has raised $15 million in its series A funding round led by specialised growth equity firm, Centana Growth Partners, with the capital set to be used to accelerate the business’ growth.

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The TRADE

JUNE 12, 2025

Previously, he also worked at JP Morgan for more than 20 years, in positions such as global head of futures and derivatives clearing and head of EMEA emerging markets interest rates trading.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2019, Nutting was nominated by her industry peers as one of The TRADE’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution, and just four years later, she was shortlisted for The TRADE’s coveted Buy-side Trader of the Year Award. That same year, she was recognised by The TRADE and the industry as a Rising Star of Trading and Execution.

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The TRADE

JUNE 16, 2025

Peel Hunt Redburn Atlantic’s head of electronic trading has left the firm to join UK investment bank Peel Hunt, as revealed by The TRADE. He replaces Nishad Vallonthaiel as head of electronic trading. He replaces Nishad Vallonthaiel as head of electronic trading. A spokesperson for Peel Hunt confirmed the move.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Deutsche Bank has avoided a €156 million fine for its participation in a bond trading cartel by revealing the activity to the regulator under the leniency programme. The fines relate to a trading cartel between the two banks in Euro-denominated SSA bonds and Government Guaranteed bonds that took place between 2006 and 2016.

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The TRADE

JULY 26, 2024

Whelan joined Pictet AM as an equity trader back in 2016. Prior to that, he worked at Morgan Stanley, initially joining as an electronic trading associate before going on to a role as equity sales trader. Whelan will act as an execution trader on behalf of the desk and his role is non-risk taking, The TRADE understands.

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The TRADE

JUNE 26, 2024

The past year has seen vast improvement across the algorithmic trading space when it came to hedge funds’ strategies, new data from The TRADE has found. The TRADE received a record number of responses to this year’s Algorithmic Trading Survey. out of 7. The survey is accessible here.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 31, 2024

The BlackRock EMEA equity trading team picked up The TRADE’s highly coveted Trading Desk of the Year, Long-Only award at the Leaders in Trading 2023 event in November. And that is exactly what the London-based trading team embodies. Every day is different, and markets are evolving at a phenomenal pace.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 15, 2023

The TRADE’s Rising Stars Awards return for their ninth year, recognising the brightest up-and-coming talent across trading and execution for 2023. In partnership with Instinet, nominations are now open for candidates currently working in a trading role with a buy-side firm. Further details of the event can be found here.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) jointly proposed to introduce block trading through the China-Hong Kong Stock Connect scheme in a bid to create a mutual market access programme between the two jurisdictions. In an announcement, HKEX welcomed the proposals from regulators.

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The TRADE

APRIL 17, 2024

Global asset manager Robeco leverages a low touch and high touch trading team that spans across three continents. And, like most asset managers across the street, its global equity trading desk plays host to a variety of characters, each bringing their own individual string to the wider team’s bow.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) equity and derivatives trader Rikki Corbyn has joined Barclays in a program trading role. He joins Barclays after almost 12 years with SSGA, originally joining the firm in 2013 in a trade support role before moving into an equity and derivatives trading role in 2016.

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Shearman & Sterling

JUNE 20, 2016

Order, Federal Trade Comm'n v. June 14, 2016), ECF No. Advocate Health Care Network, No. 15 C 11473 (N.D. The Order held that the FTC failed to show a likelihood that it would succeed on the merits of its antitrust claims. Read More

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The TRADE

AUGUST 1, 2024

Jamie McKenna has been appointed vice president, senior global equity trader at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) following almost two decades at GMO trading. Boston-based McKenna joined GMO in 2004 as a pricing analyst, and most recently worked in a multi-asset trading role for 15 years.

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Shearman & Sterling

OCTOBER 3, 2016

On September 27, 2016, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a District Court ruling and granted the preliminary restraining order sought by the Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") and the state of Pennsylvania to enjoin a merger of two state hospital systems pending administrative review by the FTC. 16-2365 (3d Cir.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 19, 2024

Ubhi originally joined Citi in 2016 as a vice president in electronic FX sales, later taking on his most recent role as director in the same division in 2019. He has worked in several fixed income-related trading roles throughout his career, most recently as a FI trader at US Bank.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2024

Ameni joined Nomura from Jefferies, where he held senior leadership positions, most recently serving as managing director for emerging markets (EM) credit trading. Before that, Ameni was a member of Nomura’s EM credit trading desk in London, until 2016.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Sam Hewson – previously global head of digital FX solutions and EMEA head of corporate sales and solutions (CSS) – has been appointed global head of FX sales, effective immediately, according to an internal memo seen by The TRADE. The post Citi promotes from within for newly created global head of FX sales role appeared first on The TRADE.

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The TRADE

JULY 22, 2024

Head of London equity trading at Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Mark Perry, has retired The TRADE revealed. Perry’s retirement follows several other major retirements from buy-side trading heads in recent months. Also notable was the announcement of Jeremy Ellis’ retirement as head of European equity trading at T.

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The TRADE

JUNE 3, 2024

A fixed income trader from BlackRock has left the asset manager for a new role at Taula Capital Management, The TRADE can reveal. Mapara joined BlackRock back in 2010 havingpreviously served at AllianceBernstein in a trade floor support role for nearly three years.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) equity and derivatives trader Rikki Corbyn joined Barclays in a program trading role. He joins Barclays after almost 12 years with SSGA, originally joining the firm in 2013 in a trade support role before moving into an equity and derivatives trading role in 2016.

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The TRADE

JULY 2, 2024

Senior equity trader at Janus Henderson, Stuart Mair, has left the asset manager after 14 years, The TRADE can reveal. According to an update on his social media, Mair has joined hedge fund and systematic trading platform Schonfeld as an equity trader dealing with long and short strategies.

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The TRADE

JULY 29, 2024

David Kirk is set to join Millennium, following almost three and a half years at Marble Bar Asset Management where he most recently served as a trader, The TRADE understands. He was recognised as a Rising Star of Trading and Execution at Leaders in Trading in 2021. Whelan joined Pictet AM as an equity trader back in 2016.

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The TRADE

MAY 20, 2024

Kepler Cheuvreux’s head of market structure and liquidity solutions has left the broker dealer, The TRADE can reveal. He joined the broker dealer in 2016 as its head of portfolio and electronic sales trading, later assuming his most recent role as head of market structure and liquidity solutions in 2022.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 12, 2024

Morgan Stanley has appointed a new head of electronic FX sales for the EMEA region, The TRADE can reveal. Ubhi originally joined Citi in 2016 as a vice president in electronic FX sales, later taking on his most recent role as director in the same division in 2019. He announced his departure from Citi on social media two months ago.

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The TRADE

JUNE 9, 2023

Fixed income trading venue and data provider MarketAxess has expanded its integration with the Investortool platform for its municipal bond activity From now, MarketAxess’ offerings will be displayed on the Investortools Dealer Network (IDN) as it seeks to expand its electronic municipal trading.

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