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ON THE MOVE: UBS Snags Zeng from Citi; Miller Named Trading Head at Baird

Traders Magazine Online News, January 29, 2019

John D'Antona Jr.

A director-level quant trader that specializes in equities has joined UBS after a seven-year stint at Citi. Kai Zeng started with UBS in New York last month. A vice president at Citi, Zeng helped manage systematic trading and equity derivatives analytics, according to LinkedIn. Now he’s an equity quant trader that works within UBS’s central risk book – a key role for large banks that are trying to manage extreme market volatility.

Milwaukee-based broker-dealer Baird has promoted Jack Miller to Head of Trading, based in New York.  In this role, Miller oversees the execution function within the trading business including cash, program, electronic, and related services. Miller joined Baird in 2006 and has served in various roles in trading since 2009, most recently as COO and Head of Electronic Trading.

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Dash Financial Technologies announced the addition of Scott Patrick as Chief Financial Officer. Patrick, a 25 year veteran, will be responsible for leading financial operations and strategic planning for the firm. He joins Dash from Brunswick Group, where he served as a Partner, specializing in M&A transactions, IPOs and investor relations matters. Prior to Brunswick, Mr. Patrick was a Managing Director in the Financial Technology Group at investment bank GCA Advisors, and before that he spent over 10 years at Evercore Partners, most recently serving as Head of Payments Investment Banking. He began his career at Morgan Stanley, where he worked for over 12 years. He reports directly to CEO Peter Maragos,

Independent Trading Group (ITG), Inc. welcomed Derrick Reimer as Vice President, Issuer Services. Reimer will be responsible for managing relationships with public issuers to provide objective and focused market making and liquidity services. Reimer brings over two decades of experience as an institutional sales-trader on Bay Street and Wall Street. Most recently at a New York investment bank, he was focused on developing business strategies for emerging and small to mid-size companies to best access the Canadian market.

Macquarie Capital appointed Oliver Bradley as a Managing Director focused on digital infrastructure.  Based in London. Bradley will lead the principal investing strategy in the digital infrastructure space across Europe, working closely with the firm’s infrastructure and technology teams. This is his econd stint with the firm, after having worked at the firm from 2005 to 2015. Most recently, he was Corporate Finance Director at CityFibre Infrastructure Holdings plc, where he led capital raising, mergers and acquisitions and strategic transactions.

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