Carl Hayes was named head of European cash equities at TD Securities, having most recently worked as head of sales trading at Cowen and Company. In the role, Hayes will report to Sharon Kim, executive managing director and head of Europe. Alongside the established team, he will be focused on strengthening TDS’ presence in the European equity markets as well as helping to solidify its multi-asset capabilities across Europe. Hayes has previously held roles at Deutsche Bank and HSBC Securities.
Morgan Stanley appointed Pankaj Dhake as a new electronic sales trader, based in Mumbai. Dhake joins Morgan Stanley from CLSA, where he spent nearly seven years, most recently as an electronic sales trader. This followed a stint as an associate at CLSA – a position he held for nearly two years. Prior to joining CLSA, Dhake was a senior quantitative researcher at WorldQuant. Elsewhere in his career, Dhake served as a global equity derivatives trader at UBS.
Eric Kohler was appointed to Kepler Cheuvreux’s high touch trading team based in New York. Most recently Kohler worked as an international equity trader at Citi for more than three and a half years having previously served as a commodities sales and trading analyst at the firm. He has also served stints at both Morgan Stanley and UBS Wealth Management. In the role, he is set to help the firm grow its execution footprint and expertise across North America – a key strategic base for Kepler Cheuvreux.
Jamie Crank was named group executive technology and data at the Australian stock exchange, ASX. Prior to this appointment, he was general manager in the trading and markets division, and before that general manager of information and connectivity services for ASX. He will officially begin his role on 9 September. According to ASX the appointment followed “an extensive external and internal search process”. Sydney-based Crank has worked in the industry across various exchanges for two decades. He has previously served at Chi-X Australia and the London Stock Exchange.
Crédit Agricole appointed Ryan Jones vice president, Latin American (LatAm) RFX trader, based in New York. Jones joins Crédit Agricole from Natixis Corporate and Investment Banking where he spent nearly three years, most recently as vice president, LatAm FX trader. Prior to that, Jones held the same position as an associate. Before joining Crédit Agricole, Jones spent three years at Standard Chartered Bank – also based in New York – most recently as a LatAm RFX trader.