Equities

Following the departure of a number of key individuals within its global equity team, Royal London AM has promoted from within as part of the restructure.

With derivatives arguably less exotic than in times gone by, firms are adapting execution styles and hoping for a more interconnected future for the European equities space.

With the launch of SuperBlock Matching, Liquidnet aims to enhance the technology available to facilitate exceptionally large or illiquid trades.

Incoming appointment spent 12 years at Credit Suisse, with prior experience at Cheuvreux, IG Markets and WH Selfinvest.

The move follows the successful third tranche of Clear Street’s Series B funding in December 2023 which raised the firm’s valuation to $2.1 billion.

New appointment previously held similar roles for both EMEA and the Americas at Barclays and Goldman Sachs.

Merrill Lynch becomes the fourth market maker to be onboarded since July last year, as well as being the first international market maker to conduct market making activities on Saudi equities.

The past week saw appointments across fixed income and equities, as well as the C-suite.

Regulatory fatigue a key factor in the underperformance of the European equity market a panel of experts at the FIX EMEA Trading Conference agreed.