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Research and advisory firm TABB Group has hired Will Rhode as a research analyst in its London office, reporting to Miranda Mizen, head of European research. read more>

SmartPool, the non-displayed multilateral trading facility run by exchange group NYSE Euronext, has appointed Paul Squires, head of trading at AXA Investment Managers, as an independent member of its board of directors. read more>

BTIG Hong Kong, an institutional brokerage firm, has hired a senior executive from banking group Goldman Sachs to lead its expansion in the Asia-Pacific region. read more>

UK-based agency broker Olivetree Securities has appointed Steve Wood, Schroder Investment Management’s former global head of trading, as a non-executive director. read more>

Drew Miyawaki has been appointed head of Liquidnet’s European trading desk, as part of an expansion of the firm’s services to institutional investors. read more>

Investment bank Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) has named Robert Lees head of securities lending trading and Richard Meek head of securities lending relationship management for the Asia-Pacific region – both based in BBH’s Hong Kong office. read more>

Hirander Misra has resigned as chief operating officer of pan-European multilateral trading facility Chi-X Europe less than two months after missing out on a chance to become CEO of the firm. read more>

US-based agency broker Knight Capital Group has made a raft of new hires to strengthen its institutional options sales and trading teams. read more>

Nasdaq OMX Europe, the pan-European multilateral trading facility (MTF) owned by global exchange group Nasdaq OMX, has appointed Dan Smith as post-trade manager. read more>

Agency broker Instinet has appointed four executives, including three sales traders, to its new office in Sydney, Australia, to support its aim of becoming a top 10 institutional brokerage in the country by the end of this year. read more>