Michael Lam joined TT International as a senior trader, following three and a half years at Jupiter Asset Management as a fixed income trader. He has previous experience across multi-asset trading and his past roles include stints as a multi asset trader at Manulife Investment Management and BNP Paribas Asset Management. In addition, Lam has also previously served as an FX and futures trader at Amundi, as well as a finance analyst at KBC Financial Products, and an operational analyst at Citi.
Mark Cleary joined GBM Securities as managing director, head of equities following two and a half years at BCS Global Markets in the same role. Before moving to BCS Global Markets, Cleary was managing director, head of sales trading at BCS Financial Group.
London-based Cleary has extensive experience working in trading positions. He previously served as head international sales trader at Otkritie Securities, and before that held sales trading roles at VTB Capital and Renaissance Capital. Cleary has also worked as a hedge fund trader at Walter Capital Management and head of operational risk and control at Bear Stearns International.
JP Morgan appointed John Roberts as a new FX options trader, based in New York. He joined the firm from Deutsche Bank where he served as a currency options trader. Prior to this, Roberts spent five and a half years at NatWest Markets, most recently serving as a FX derivatives trader. Elsewhere in his tenure at NatWest Markets, he worked as a US rates strategist.
Kepler Cheuvreux appointed Faruk Akar as PT sales trader, based in London. He most recently worked as a trader and portfolio manager at Unigestion for one and a half years and before that worked in equity trading related roles at Citi. Akar has also previously served as an associate, equities strategy, at quantitative investment management firm Winton.