Jamie McKenna has been appointed vice president, senior global equity trader at State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) following almost two decades at GMO trading.
Boston-based McKenna joined GMO in 2004 as a pricing analyst, and most recently worked in a multi-asset trading role for 15 years.
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His expertise includes equities, ETFs, merger arbitrage spreads, equity swaps, futures, options, and FX.
Prior to GMO, he worked as an operations specialist at Evergreen Investments and has also previously worked in a custody-related accountancy role at Investors Banks & Trust.
Earlier this year, Rikki Corbyn left State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) following 11 and a half years with the firm, as reported by The TRADE.
Most recently, Corbyn had served as equity and derivatives trader, vice president at SSGA, focused on the EMEA region, having joined the desk in December 2016.
State Street Global Advisors had not responded to The TRADE’s request for comment at the time of publication.