Lou Orlando and Mark Neenan join MKM Partners as sales traders and executive directors. Orlando, a 30-year veteran, joins from The Benchmark Co. and covers accounts from the firm’s Boston office. Neenan, a 27-year veteran, joins from Stifel Nicolaus, where he spent 13 years. Jordan White also joins as an executive director in event-driven sales and trading. White, an 18-year veteran, has worked at Jefferies & Co. and Morgan Stanley in a similar role. All report to Jonathan Carr, who heads sales trading.
Tim Casey joins Cabrera Capital Markets as a vice president and senior sales trader. Casey, a 20-year veteran, has spent most of his career in sales trading, except for three years on the buyside at Standish, Ayer & Wood. He was previously at Navpoint, where he spent three years. Casey, a past president of the Boston Security Traders Association, reports to George Dychton, who heads Cabrera’s equity sales.
Anthony Barchetto has been promoted to head corporate strategy at Liquidnet Holdings, Inc., and now oversees strategic initiatives and new business development for the firm. He also joins Liquidnet’s leadership team. Barchetto, who came to Liquidnet in 2006, was previously the firm’s chief operating officer of U.S. equities and was responsible for strategic planning and operations. He also worked as product manager for Liquidnet’s core trading application and worked within the corporate strategy group before being promoted to head the department. Earlier in his career, he worked at Citi for Lava Trading and at Knight Trading Group.
Dan Gordon joins Rafferty Capital Markets as a senior sales trader. Gordon, a 13-year veteran, will focus on growing the firm’s institutional equity sales and trading desk through special situation and agricultural operations research. He spent his previous two years at Murphy & Durieu after spending eight years as a director in UBS’s broker-dealer sales group. He reports to Shawn Weadock, head of over-the-counter trading.
Eze Castle Integration hired two senior technologists from hedge funds for its San Francisco office. Michael Hartig and Zachary Lehman join to expand its West Coast business. Hartig joined as regional service director. He most recently served as the chief technology officer at Seasons Capital Management. Lehman joins as technology director. He will guide technology initiatives at Eze Castle for West Coast clients. A 13-year veteran, Lehman most recently worked at alternative investment adviser Varde Partners, where he served as director of technology.
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