Douglas L. Peterson, former CEO of S&P Global, has joined OneChronos as Executive Chairman, according to a LinkedIn post. Peterson will play a central role in strengthening institutional relationships, guiding global growth across asset classes, and scaling OneChronos’ trading model internationally. “We are now positioned to accelerate this transformation beyond equities into new global markets, including compute. I’m excited to help take OneChronos to an entirely new level,” he shared. Peterson brings more than three decades of leadership experience at the forefront of global finance. Prior to S&P Global, where he spent over 14 years, he was with Citigroup for 26 years, including as Chief Operating Officer of Citibank, N.A.
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced that Jon Kroeper has been named deputy director of the agency’s Division of Trading and Markets, according to a press release. Kroeper twice served at the SEC before joining the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), where he worked from 2007 to 2024 as executive vice president in the market regulation department. During his first SEC tenure from 1994 to 2000, he was an attorney-advisor, senior counsel, and counselor to a commissioner. At the SEC from 2005 to 2007, Kroeper served as both counselor to a commissioner and counselor to the chairman, advising on rulemaking, enforcement, and policy matters before the Commission with an emphasis on market structure, exchanges, and broker-dealers.
Citigroup has appointed Adam Inzirillo, formerly of Cboe Global Markets, to lead its cash and futures execution platform within the equities division, Bloomberg reported, citing people with knowledge of the matter. In his new position, Inzirillo will take charge of Citi’s electronic execution services, with a focus on trading algorithms and direct market access solutions, Bloomberg reported. He is expected to join in October as the global head of the execution platform for the equities unit, reporting to Sebastien Mailleux, Citi’s global co-head of prime services. Inzirillo joined Cboe in 2019 as head of U.S. equities and was elevated to global head of data and access solutions in 2023 as part of a broader executive reshuffle.
Ken Johnson, who has been serving as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Securities and Exchange Commission since December 2017, will retire from the agency in December, according to a press statement. As COO, Johnson has overseen the SEC’s operational and administrative functions, including the agency’s Office of Human Resources; Office of Acquisitions; Office of Financial Management; Office of Information Technology; EDGAR Business Office; Office of the Chief Data Officer; and Office of Support Operations, which includes the agency’s Freedom of Information Act, Records Management, and Facilities Management functions.
Lucy Roe has joined Jefferies as vice president of equity sales, based in London, Global Trading reported. Roe replaces Lorraine Wyley, who left the firm for a high-touch equity trading role at Goldman Sachs in early September. Roe has more than five years of experience and joins the firm from HSBC, where she has been a technology, media and telecommunications (TMT) equity sales specialist since 2024. She began her career in a similar position at Berenberg.
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Acting Chairman Caroline D. Pham has announced new members of the Global Markets Advisory Committee and subcommittees, which she sponsors. According to a press release, Scott Lucas, Managing Director, Head of Markets Digital Assets at J.P. Morgan, has been appointed co-chair of the GMAC’s Digital Asset Markets Subcommittee, together with co-chair Sandy Kaul, Executive Vice President at Franklin Templeton.
Zoe Balkwell has joined Pirum as head of pre-trade and trading solutions, based in London, Global Trading reported. Balkwell has more than a decade of industry experience and joins the firm from JP Morgan, where she has been an executive director and EMEA head of flow trading and agency securities since 2020. Prior to this, she was a securities finance trader at State Street.
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