Murray Roos to join London Stock Exchange as Group Director, Capital Markets

Maria Nikolova

Mr Roos starts his position on April 1, 2020.

London Stock Exchange Group today announces that Murray Roos will join as Group Director, Capital Markets and a member of the LSEG Executive Committee. The appointment is effective April 1, 2020.

Mr Roos will report to David Schwimmer, CEO, LSEG. In this role, Murray Roos will be responsible for LSEG’s global capital markets business across primary and secondary markets. As previously guided, Raffaele Jerusalmi will continue as Group Director, Capital Markets until Murray Roos joins the Group.

Mr Roos joins LSEG from Citigroup, where he was most recently Global Co-Head of Equities and Securities Services, having previously led Global Equity Sales and Trading, as well as the Multi-Asset Structuring Group. Before joining Citigroup in 2015, he spent a decade at Deutsche Bank holding a number of senior roles including EMEA Head of Equities, Head of Emerging Markets Equities and Global Head of Prime Finance. He began his career as a derivatives trader in South Africa.

David Schwimmer, CEO, LSEG commented: “Murray Roos brings to the Group deep experience in capital markets in both developed and emerging markets. He brings a global understanding of the capital markets lifecycle across asset classes from pre-trade through to trading execution and post-trade. We look forward to his developing the business further in partnership with our customers.”

Murray Roos said: “I’m delighted to be joining LSEG, an iconic institution with a world class capital markets business. I look forward to working with the talented team to drive the business forward.”

Read this next

Fintech

TNS brings full-stack market data management to EMEA

“We are also delighted to have Ben Myers join our London-based TNS Financial Markets team as Head of Strategic Sales for EMEA, to bolster our presence in the region.”

Chainwire

Velocity Labs and Ramp Network facilitate fiat to crypto onramp on Polkadot via Asset Hub support

Velocity Labs is proud to announce a fiat to crypto onramp using Ramp Network through the integration of Asset Hub. Through it, Ramp will be able to service any parachain in the Polkadot ecosystem.

Executive Moves

INFINOX hires Mayne Ayliffe as Global Head of HR

“I look forward to working with our teams around the world to develop a strategic HR agenda that supports high performance and is centred on human motivation.”

Fintech

Sterling to provide risk and margin support for fixed income

“Firms must have the tools to effectively manage their risk across all asset classes. As yields rise, we see more exposure from clients in the fixed income space. We understand their need to measure and mitigate risk in a highly regulated environment.”

Retail FX

FXOpen launches HK share CFDs: Tencent, Alibaba, Xiaomi, Baidu

Hong Kong share CFDs will be commission-free for a limited period of time.

Retail FX

IronFX Celebrates an Award-Winning Start to 2024 with a Series of Industry Recognitions

IronFX, a global leader in online trading, has embarked on 2024 with a spectacular display of accolades that highlight its commitment to excellence and innovation in the competitive financial services sector.

Industry News

FIA urges CFTC to regulate use cases rather than AI itself

“We urge the CFTC to refrain from crafting new regulations that generally regulate AI because this approach presents certain well-known pitfalls. By approaching the issue from the perspective of AI as a technology, rather than the use case for the technology, corresponding regulations would likely necessitate a definition of AI. We anticipate that any attempt to properly define AI would be very challenging and require considerable resources.”

Education, Inside View

The Power of Public Relations in Finance: Shaping Perceptions & Building Reputation

It’s safe to say that the finance industry has faced its share of reputation crises over the years, from the 2008 financial collapse to the many scandals around irresponsible lending, political corruption, and even Ponzi schemes. 

Digital Assets

Crossover’s crypto ECN executed over $3 billion in Q1 2024

“Our growth is also driving continued increases in the percentages of trades that are ‘Order Crossing Order’ (OXO). Currently, roughly 10% of all trades executed on CROSSx are OXO, another differentiator in our platform’s capacity. This capacity and our unique execution model provide value to both the market maker and taker, as evidenced by our commercial model.”

<