BIDS Buying and selling hires ex-LedgerEdge product skilled as new senior director

BIDS Buying and selling has appointed Brian Hickey senior director of product.

Hickey beforehand served as head of product at LedgerEdge for practically a yr and a half, previous to the buying and selling platform closing down final yr.

Begin-up bond buying and selling platform LedgerEdge shuttered three years after its institution as a consequence of “an especially difficult funding surroundings”, the organisation confirmed.

Learn extra: LedgerEdge closes three years after launch

“As lots of you already know, Brian is a confirmed multi-asset dealer and buying and selling technologist with helpful asset administration and capital markets expertise,” mentioned Stephen Berte, president at BIDS Buying and selling, in a social media publish.

“Brian might be chargeable for setting the strategic path of our product strains and figuring out new market alternatives, amongst different issues. Wanting ahead to working with Brian and doing all we will to satisfy the evolving wants of our purchasers and companions.”

Previous to becoming a member of LedgerEdge, Hickey spent practically 14 years at State Avenue World Advisors (SSGA) in varied senior positions.

Most lately, he served as head of cross-asset digital buying and selling, a place he held for simply over three years.

Elsewhere throughout his tenure at SSGA, Hickey held vice chairman positions as a senior options dealer, credit score dealer and senior fairness dealer.

Earlier than becoming a member of SSGA, he served as a world fairness dealer at Putnam Investments.