Jesper Bremholm joined Katamaran Capital as an execution trader following a year and a half as equity trader at Kuvari Partners. Bremholm began his new role on 2 December, with the move following Kuvari’s decision to give back external capital in September and become a family office, The TRADE understands. Bremholm has previously served at firms including: BLS Capital Fondsmæglerselskab, Nykredit, and Nordea.

Paul Atkins was appointed chair of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), following Gary Gensler’s departure – set for 20 January 2025. Atkins was initially appointed by President George W. Bush as a commissioner of the SEC in July 29 2002, where he served until August 2008. set for 20 January 2025.

Liquidnet made three new hires into its European Execution & Quantitative Services (EQS) team as it seeks to grow its execution offering across the region. Among the new hires is Prashanth Manoharan who has been named head of execution consulting, EMEA. He was most recently director of cash equities analytics at BNP Paribas.

Oliver Ekers also joined the team, as an execution trader, having most recently served in the same role – focused on Europe – at Instinet. At Liquidnet he will cover sales trading across both high-touch and algo trading. The third new hire is Henry Baugniet, who joins as an execution analyst, leveraging his wealth of experience as a data scientist. Previously, Baugniet built a real-time trading strategy for the Betfair exchange.

Societe Generale made three new appointments to its Global Markets Activities team in a bid to enhance its fixed income and equities offerings. Francisco Oliveira was appointed co-head of global markets activities and head of fixed income and currencies. He joined from BNP Paribas and his move is effective as of 6 January 2025.

Meanwhile, New York-based Sylvain Cartier was appointed head of global markets for the Americas, effective from 1 January 2025. Elsewhere, Mohamed Braham was appointed deputy head of fixed income and currencies. He will begin his role on 6 January 2025 and be based in Paris.

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Jesper Bremholm has joined Katamaran Capital as an execution trader following a year and a half as equity trader at Kuvari Partners.

Earlier this year, Bremholm was one of 25 standout individuals recognised as a Rising Star of Trading and Execution by The TRADE in London. To mark 10 years of the Rising Stars initiative, The TRADE, in partnership with Instinet, hosted a standalone event at Plaisterer’s Hall. 

Read more: The TRADE announces the Rising Stars of Trading and Execution 2024

Bremholm has previously served at firms including: BLS Capital Fondsmæglerselskab, Nykredit, and Nordea.

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