Bastiaan Berendsen was promoted to head trader at Robeco, based in Rotterdam. He has been with the firm for almost 19 years, having most recently served as a senior equity trader. Current head of equity trading and operational portfolio management, Robbert Wijgerse, continues in his role and existing reporting lines remain the same. Berendsen joined Robeco in 2006 as a data and application manager. As a senior trader he was part of the Rotterdam-based low touch duo for Robeco, alongside equity trader Tomaz Mota, prior to his promotion.
Kepler Cheuvreux appointed Oliver Mudie as head of sales trading, US client zone, KCx, based in London. Mudie joined Kepler from Bank of America (formerly Bank of America Merrill Lynch), where he spent the last 18 years. During his tenure at Bank of America, Mudie most recently served as manging director, sales trading. Prior to this, Mudie worked as a senior vice president at JP Morgan Cazenove.
Kyle Hackett joined JP Morgan as a US rates trader, based in New York. Prior to his new role, Hackett spent three and a half years at HSBC, working as a global markets analyst, and most recently as a US rates trader. Elsewhere in his career Hackett did a stint at Fidelity Investments.