Lara Jacobs has been appointed vice president – equities electronic trading coverage at JP Morgan following six years with Liquidnet.
She most recently served as head of international client trading, EMEA. Prior to this she worked as a market structure and strategy analyst before moving onto a role as equity trader.
Prior to her stint with Liquidnet, London-based Jacobs worked on the debt restructuring team for fixed income at M&G Investments.
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Jacobs announced her new role in a social media post.
Earlier this year, JP Morgan appointed Rachid Alaoui as new head of global equities amid wider changes to senior leadership in its markets division.
He was most recently head of global equity derivatives trading at JP Morgan, covering flow derivatives, exotics, corporate derivatives and convertible bond trading franchises.