Jamie McKenna was 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. His expertise includes equities, ETFs, merger arbitrage spreads, equity swaps, futures, options, and FX. Prior to GMO, he worked as an operations specialist at Evergreen Investments and has also previously worked in a custody-related accountancy role at Investors Banks & Trust.
RBC Capital Markets appointed Mitul Patel director, central bank sales, based in London. As part of the role, Patel will hold responsibility for distributing global rates product, alongside collaborating closely with global trading teams, internal partners in DCM, syndicate, and sales to execute strategy and drive growth. Patel brings more than 20 years’ industry experience to the role, primarily across rates and FX. He joins from HSBC, where he most recently he held responsibility for primary coverage on G10 rates for reserve managers and UK real money clients.
Fidelity Investments appointed Sarah Lambert senior trader, based in Boston. Lambert joins Fidelity from MFS Investment Management where she spent the last five years, most recently serving as investment officer, fixed income trader. Before joining MFS, she spent seven and a half years at BNY Mellon (now BNY). Initially during her tenure at BNY Mellon, she served as an assistant portfolio manager, fixed income. Following this, Lambert was promoted to portfolio manager, fixed income for just over five years.
Australian pension fund AustralianSuper selected one of its own to take up the reins for its dealing business. According to an update on her social media, Nina Marsh has been appointed manager of dealing at the buy-side firm after spending the last two years as a senior dealer at the firm. Prior to joining AustralianSuper – and the buy-side for the first time – in 2022, Marsh spent 14 years at Liberum as an equity sales trader and nearly nine years at Deutsche Bank in the same role.
Hong Kong Exchange and Clearing (HKEX) appointed Vicky Chan managing director, head of post-trade, effective 5 August. Chan returns to HKEX after previously serving for 15 years at the group in a range of teams including cash settlement, clearing operation and platform development. Previously in her career, Chan held roles at various companies including AIA Group, Goldman Sachs, UBS and PricewaterhouseCoopers. As part of the new role, Chan will be responsible for leading the post-trade team to further elevate HKEX’s service offering across its clearing and settlement systems, the firm confirmed.