Holly Stark joins Vox Pop Investing Ltd. as director of marketing. Vox Pop takes data from proprietary consumer polling and applies it to investment analysis. Stark spent 22 years as a trader on the buyside and was active in the discussions about market structure in the 1990s that eventually led to the rise of electronic trading. In 2005, she helped to launch consultancy Efficient Frontiers. Stark has sat on a number of industry committees during her career and is still active on the board of the National Organization of Investment Professionals.
Matt Steadman joins small-cap growth manager Chinook Capital Management as a senior equity trader and portfolio data analyst. Steadman, a 12-year securities industry veteran, was previously at Wells Capital Management, where he began his trading career in 2002. He reports to Grant Brown, a partner and portfolio manager at the Portland, Ore.-based firm that manages $400 million in equities.
Chris Siclare joins UBS as a sales trader to introduce its electronic trading platform to broker-dealers, as well as to manage current relationships in the firm’s broker-to-broker business. Siclare, a 12-year veteran, comes from Ballista Securities. He spent two years there and helped launch Ballista ATS, the first block options ATS. Siclare also co-managed the broker-dealer group at Instinet. He reports to Ross Hutcheon, an executive director in UBS’ direct execution group.
Richard Herr joins Knight Capital Group as head of business development, focusing on growing the firm through new initiatives, partnerships and acquisitions. Herr, a 12-year industry veteran, spent the last three years at Investment Technology Group in business development. Prior to ITG, he was in equity research covering brokers and exchanges at Keefe Bruyette & Woods.
Mike Felix joins Lime Brokerage as director of marketing. Felix, a 20-year veteran, spent the last decade at Townsend Analytics in Chicago, where he oversaw global marketing for its RealTick product, an execution management system. Townsend is owned by Barclays Capital. Prior to that, he was co-founder of information services provider Hottrend. He reports to Mark Powers.
