Cantor Fitzgerald faucets Credit score Suisse for brand spanking new co-head of digital execution companies

Dan Monckton, former EMEA head of program and electronic trading at Credit score Suisse has departed to affix Cantor Fitzgerald as co-head of digital execution companies, The TRADE can reveal.

London-based Monckton spent 20 years at Credit score Suisse in a spread of program buying and selling associated senior positions. His experience contains managing algo, DMA and low latency money and derivatives companies in addition to driving consumer protection and product growth.

In his most up-to-date place, he managed a complete headcount of 30, together with 5 managing administrators, throughout 4 international locations.

Previous to this, he spent 5 and a half years at Morgan Stanley, working in program buying and selling gross sales.

Credit score Suisse has seen a sweep of personnel adjustments in latest instances, following its acquisition by UBS final 12 months, and over the past quarter, different excessive profile ex-employees have joined companies together with Instinet, Wells Fargo, TD Cowen, and RBC. 

UBS agreed to purchase Credit score Suisse in March, in a wedding orchestrated by the Swiss authorities and on the time was seen with trepidation by some as there have been issues it might set off widespread jobs losses within the UK. Credit score Suisse employed about 5 thousand folks within the Metropolis earlier than the takeover. 

Cantor Fitzgerald declined to remark.