The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Luke Holmes, head of equity sales trading, US clients at Kepler Cheuvreux left the firm after five years, as revealed by The TRADE. Holmes joined Kepler in 2019 having previously served in equity sales trading roles at Sanford C. Bernstein and Goldman Sachs. His next role is unconfirmed.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Justin Llewellyn-Jones has been appointed chief operating officer (COO), joining from Broadridge where he most recently served as chief product officer and head of capital markets, North America (equities, FX and derivatives). Heffernan will join from Flow Traders, where he has been head of fixed income sales since 2019.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Kepler Cheuvreux execution sales specialist Cherry Albon is set to join Berenberg next year, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Albon has been appointed associate director, senior sales for EMEA electronic trading and program trading, set to join the firm in February next year, The TRADE can reveal.

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Shearman & Sterling

OCTOBER 22, 2019

On October 11, 2019, Vice Chancellor Kathaleen S. 2019-0072-KSJM (Del. Steelpoint CP Holdings LLC et al., The Court dismissed the claims based on the LLC Agreement, but sustained the fiduciary duty claim.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 14, 2023

European agency broker and equities research specialist Redburn and US equity brokerage Atlantic Equities have completed the merger of their operations under Redburn’s parent company Rothschild & Co, initially announced on 26 April.

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The TRADE

MARCH 4, 2024

Redburn Atlantic has expanded its UK and European execution business with two new heads of sales trading. Tony Atkins was appointed UK head of sales trading. Atkins joined Redburn Atlantic in 2004 as a sales trader having previously served for eight years at Morgan Grenfell and two years at Marathon Asset Management.

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The TRADE

JUNE 1, 2023

Jenkins has been head of trading at Polar Capital for three and a half years, joining in 2019 after serving with Highbridge Capital Management for five years as its head of European trading. Previously in her career she spent several years at Cantor Fitzgerald and Virtu Financial in equity sales trading roles.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 1, 2023

The players that now dominate in the EMEA equities space are typically larger and have roots that stretch across the Atlantic due to tricky market conditions that have made economies of scale and the ability to internalise risk increasingly essential. “If Goldman Sachs’ equities revenues globally had fallen from $3.24

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How2Exit

JUNE 20, 2023

All of them: Kison Patel @KisonPatel Hasn't tweeted since 2019, but maybe if we bug him, he'll come back Kison Patel @MAScience Top Ranked SMB M&A podcast M&A Science, founder of Dealroom.net which is full of resources for mid-market deals. 87,343 Companies acquired by my students and counting ($41 Billion in sales).

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The TRADE

AUGUST 19, 2024

Morgan Stanley appointed Gurpreet Ubhi as head of electronic FX sales for the EMEA region. Ubhi was selected to oversee FX sales for the region at Morgan Stanley after most recently serving at Citi for the last eight years. He announced his departure from Citi on social media two months ago.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Elsewhere in her career, Sueng – one of The TRADE’s Rising Stars in 2019 – worked in fixed income sales at both Tullet Prebon and Newedge as well as previously serving in fixed income performance analyst roles at Amundi and Societe Generale Asset Management. Bernstein, also working as an equity trader.

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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. Also notable was the announcement of Jeremy Ellis’ retirement as head of European equity trading at T. Citi named Jamie Miller head of electronic equity sales trading for the EMEA region. Rowe Price.

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Shearman & Sterling

APRIL 18, 2023

(the "Company") breached his fiduciary duties to stockholders in connection with the 2019 sale of the Company to private equity firm Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC ("Buyer"). 2019-0442-KSJM (Del. In Re Mindbody, Inc., Stockholder Litigation, CA.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Kepler Cheuvreux’s execution sales specialist Cherry Albon is set to join Berenberg next year, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter. Albon has been appointed associate director, senior sales for EMEA electronic trading and program trading, set to join the firm in February next year.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 12, 2024

He was previously head of international trading analytics and strategy at Vanguard, having joined in 2019. Miller replaces Byron Griffin in the role following his departure in May for ODDO BHF as head of execution sales and microstructure. His appointment follows that of Robert Whelan, who joined Citadel as an equity trader in July.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 22, 2024

As part of the role, Ameni will be responsible for building out Nomura’s flow credit trading and sales teams in the CEEMEA region, initially focusing on markets in Middle East and North Africa (MENA). O’Driscoll was promoted to the role after serving in a block sales and trading role at the firm since 2019.

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Shearman & Sterling

OCTOBER 20, 2020

billion sale to a private equity firm. 2019-0442-KSJM (Del. Plaintiffs asserted that the Company's founder-CEO/Chairman tilted the sale process toward the favored buyer, motivated by a need for liquidity and the prospect of post-merger employment with the firm. In Re Mindbody, Inc., Stockholders Litigation, C.A.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 5, 2024

He was previously head of international trading analytics and strategy at Vanguard, having joined in 2019. Miller replaces Byron Griffin in the role following his departure in May for ODDO BHF as head of execution sales and microstructure.

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The TRADE

JANUARY 29, 2024

Two former London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and SIX Swiss Exchange sales specialists were selected to join US equites alternative trading system (ATS) OneChronos to support its push into Europe. Elsewhere, Sherlock most recently served in a European equity sales role since 2021.

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IBG

JANUARY 31, 2023

If you have been through a business purchase or sale, you have likely experienced the unique tension and strife common to that phase of the deal known as “due diligence.” While it takes work, due diligence helps squeeze risk out of a sale, protecting the buyer and the seller. Will key employees stay? Are there employment agreements?

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Shearman & Sterling

JULY 23, 2019

On July 15, 2019, Vice Chancellor Joseph R. July 12, 2019). In re Xura Inc. Stockholder Litigation, C.A. 12698-VCS (Del.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2023

He took up his role as chief executive officer of the institutional clients group in 2019 after previously serving in the bank’s markets and securities services business. Investment banking boutique KNG Securities appointed Gary Ballard as its new head of equities.

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Shearman & Sterling

APRIL 18, 2023

(the "Company") breached his fiduciary duties to stockholders in connection with the 2019 sale of the Company to private equity firm Vista Equity Partners Management, LLC ("Buyer"). 2019-0442-KSJM (Del. In Re Mindbody, Inc., Stockholder Litigation, CA.

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The TRADE

JULY 15, 2024

Most recently, he served as equity and derivatives trader, vice president at SSGA, focused on the EMEA region, having joined the desk in December 2016. Wiedmann brings more than 18 years of experience in asset management and sales in the German-speaking markets. Following his departure he is set to join Barclays Capital.

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2023

Jenkins has been head of trading at Polar Capital for three and a half years, joining in 2019 after serving with Highbridge Capital Management for five years as its head of European trading. Previously in her career she spent several years at Cantor Fitzgerald and Virtu Financial in equity sales trading roles.

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The TRADE

DECEMBER 4, 2023

He re-joined the agency only broker-dealer after also previously serving as a director for almost three years from 2019 to 2022. Sparacino has an extensive career in options trading after also previously in senior sales and options roles for four years at Dash Financial Technologies and six and a half years at ConvergEx Group.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

MARCH 13, 2023

Banks’ lending activities are constrained by: Regulatory Capital – All banks must maintain a certain amount of common shareholders’ equity to absorb unexpected losses on loans and other assets. These are marked to market value and do affect the bank’s common equity and regulatory capital ratios, such as its CET 1 Ratio.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Industry Person of the Year 2023 shortlist: Seema Arora, managing director, head of execution sales, Instinet Europe Champion of The TRADE’s Rising Stars of Trading and Execution award scheme, Instinet Europe’s Seema Arora needs little introduction with an extensive financial career spanning more than 25 years.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Ask anyone interested in distressed debt hedge funds for “the pitch,” and they’ll probably mention one of the following: “It’s like long/short equity or credit , but more interesting!” Distressed investing offers equity-like returns with lower risk.” These are nice sales pitches, but the reality is quite different.

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Sica Fletcher

JULY 1, 2020

Update on Private Equity and Insurance Brokerages In our ,, previous article , we reported that the COVID-19 pandemic had not diminished the pace of mergers and acquisitions transactions we are seeing in the insurance agency and brokerage sector. PE-backed deal flow declined somewhat in 2019. Dry powder reached $1.4 in the US.

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Periculum Capital

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

Periculum began formally working with Mi-Tech in December 2019 to find a buyer that could strengthen the Company’s global supply chain, realize significant strategic synergies and qualify to own Mi-Tech ’s portfolio of customer relationships that included controlled and classified federal government programs.

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Shearman & Sterling

JULY 23, 2019

On July 15, 2019, Vice Chancellor Joseph R. July 12, 2019). In re Xura Inc. Stockholder Litigation, C.A. 12698-VCS (Del.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Goldman Sachs’ chief operating officer for EMEA equity execution services Eleanor Beasley took home the Industry Person of the Year Award last night at The TRADE’s annual glittering awards gala. Beasley joined Goldman Sachs to manage its new-look market structure team in 2019.

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Tyton Partners

MARCH 28, 2024

In a similar vein, the race to win K-12 districts’ instructional materials sales is upon us. As K-12 providers and their extended sales organizations shift from their winter “jog” to a more concerted spring “sprint”, many are undoubtedly doing so with trepidation. The 2024 instructional materials sales race is on. How to win?

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 28, 2024

Summary Private equity’s investments in ophthalmology are entering a new, more mature lifecycle phase. We also expect many platform recapitalizations once private equity groups and lenders become comfortable with the interest rate environment. Most ophthalmology PPM organizations are still with their founding private equity sponsor.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JANUARY 3, 2024

and far too little in equities. When the markets rallied after the initial COVID sell-off in March 2020, I put more cash into equities and real estate. Finally, we ran several promotions and price increase sales on BIWS in 2017 – 2021, giving me more cash to invest, which helped when the market was frothy. Treasuries.

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Focus Investment Banking

JULY 28, 2023

In this newsletter, we will explore the latest trends and growth opportunities in the parts and accessories industry, with a particular focus on categories gaining steam and the impact of changing vehicle sales dynamics. This growth is expected to build upon the baseline established in 2019, indicating a return to normalcy in the industry.

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