ON THE MOVE: KCG Hires Abenante as Adviser to Execution Services Group

KCG announced it has hired Anthony Abenante as a senior adviser to the firm’s Global Execution Services business.

Abenante, a 15 year pro, will provide strategic counsel on the development of KCG’s institutional equities business, including algorithmic and EMS product offerings as well as traditional worked order trading services. He will work with Greg Tusar, head of Global Execution Services.

He was most recently co-CEO of Instinet and initially responsible for Instinet’s Americas business and global technology efforts. He joined Nomura Securities International in August 2003 as head of U.S. equity sales and trading to help re-build the company’s U.S. equity offerings, including its quantitative trading and EMS platforms, before playing an integral role in the acquisition of Instinet.

Prior to Nomura, he spent 10 years at Investment Technology Group, most recently as director and head of institutional sales. Mr. Abenante started his career at Morgan Stanley and worked in trading technology for the company in New York, Frankfurt and London.