MarketAxess faucets Normal Chartered for brand new international head of rising markets

Digital buying and selling platform MarketAxess has appointed Dan Burke as international head of rising markets (EM), primarily based in London.

As a part of the position, Burke might be chargeable for the event and execution of enterprise technique for the EM enterprise in each arduous forex and native markets.

Burke will even maintain accountability for enterprise and product administration enlargement of MarketAxess’ EM buying and selling enterprise throughout each geographies and merchandise.

“Dan brings a wealth of rising markets expertise and a beneficial supplier perspective to MarketAxess at a time when adoption of, and urge for food for, electronification of the asset class has grown considerably,” stated Raj Paranandi, chief working officer, EMEA and APAC at MarketAxess.

“There may be nonetheless way more that MarketAxess can and can do to drive higher liquidity and effectivity for each traders and sellers internationally. I sit up for watching this space develop underneath Dan’s management.”

Burke joins MarketAxess from Normal Chartered, the place he most lately served as managing director, primarily based in Singapore. Elsewhere in his tenure at Normal Chartered, Burke served as international head of digital and algo buying and selling, primarily based in London.

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Earlier than Normal Chartered, Burke held varied senior credit score buying and selling roles at Deutsche Financial institution in Singapore and Financial institution of America Merrill Lynch in Tokyo and Hong Kong.

“I’m delighted to be becoming a member of MarketAxess, a number one answer for rising markets buying and selling, and a platform that I’ve been a consumer of for over 20 years,” stated Burke.

“MarketAxess is properly positioned to speed up the supply of modern options in rising markets globally, and I sit up for partnering with all market members to take our providing to the following degree.”