Rikki Corbyn left State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) following 11 and a half years with the firm, The TRADE learnt. Following his departure he is set to join Barclays Capital. Most recently, he served as equity and derivatives trader, vice president at SSGA, focused on the EMEA region, having joined the desk in December 2016. Prior to his time at SSGA, Corbyn held settlement-related roles at Credit Suisse, Citigroup, and Barclays Capital.
Edward Tilly was named president at Clear Street, 10 months after he resigned as chief executive of Cboe. In the role, Tilly is set to work closely with Chris Pento, CEO of Clear Street, jointly leading the firm through the next phase of growth. Tilly resigned as chief executive of Cboe in September 2023 following the conclusion of an investigation – launched in August – that determined he had failed to disclose personal relationships with colleagues. During his time at Cboe, Tilly was a driving force behind Cboe’s acquisition of BATS Global Markets in 2017, as well as overseeing the launch of products including 0DTE options.
Flavio Paparella was named managing director within BTIG’s global emerging markets fixed income group, joining from Seaport Global Holdings where he also served as a MD focused on LATAM fixed income. In the new role, Paparella will be based in New York and is set to focus on Latin American markets, as the firm seeks to expand its presence in the area. He will report directly to Stuart Kasdin and Pablo Melasecca, co-heads of Latin America and EMEA credit emerging markets. Previously in his career, Paparella ran the institutional structured products Latin America desk for RBC Capital Markets. He also previously served as managing director at both American Express Bank International and Deutsche Bank, Argentina.
Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management appointed Regine Wiedmann as head of distribution for the DACH region. Wiedmann brings more than 18 years of experience in asset management and sales in the German-speaking markets. She initially joined Edmond de Rothschild AM in June 2021 as co-head of sales Germany and Austria, later being promoted to head of sales Germany and Austria in January 2022. Before joining Edmond de Rothschild, Wiedmann served as an executive director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management, responsible for wholesale clients in Germany. Before that, she co-founded Vicenda Asset Management in Zug, Switzerland. Elsewhere, Wiedmann was head of marketing and key account manager at the investment boutique Tiberius Asset Management, also based in Zug, Switzerland.
NatWest Group named Jonathan Peberdy chief executive of NatWest Markets, following 11 months as deputy CEO. The appointment is subject to regulatory approval. Peberdy has been with the business for 25 years and has previously served as head of capital markets. He succeeds Robert Begbie, chief executive, commercial and institutional. NatWest Markets confirmed that Robert Begbie would assume the role of chief executive permanently back in June 2020, having led the business on an interim basis since December 2019. At the time, his appointment was a key feature of the first major leadership restructure by Alison Rose, the chief executive of RBS.
GLMX appointed David Nicol as head of commercial operations. Nicol was promoted to the role after initially joining GLMX as a consultant in December last year. Previously, Nicol served as chief executive and co-founder of corporate bond trading ecosystem LedgerEdge. Before serving at LedgerEdge, Nicol spent nearly two and a half years at R3, most recently serving as a product manager. This followed a five-year stint at IBM, where he also served as a product manager.
Liquidnet appointed Jeffrey Crane head of international for the Americas, as part of the firm’s continued investment in its cross-border business. Crane brings more than two decades of experience in institutional equity trading to the role. He joins from SageTrader where he most recently served as managing director and head of sales, overseeing new business growth for domestic and international trading. Before that, Crane spent more than 20 years with Instinet where he held various positions, including managing the firm’s cross-border business as head of the international desk in New York.
Honor Woods was appointed equity trader at RBC BlueBay Asset Management, based in London. Woods has previous experience working in the institutional equity trading team at AB Bernstein.