Liquidnet has appointed investment research expert Simon Greenwell as a Non-Executive Director on the Liquidnet Europe Limited Board, where he will help grow the firm’s interaction with both the sell and buy-side as it continues to invest in its Investment Analytics business.
Prior to joining Liquidnet, Greenwell was the European head of research at the Bank of America and also performed roles of Co-Head of UK and European Sales and Head of European Distribution. The industry veteran retired last year having held several senior positions in research, sales, and distribution at Merrill Lynch pre- and post-acquisition by Bank of America, and nearly ten years working at Smith New Court in various European and global sales positions and has worked in both New York and London.
Vicky Sanders, Global Head of Investment Analytics at Liquidnet, commented: “The sell-side will be absolutely key to the development of Liquidnet’s business in the future and as one of the most experienced sell-side research professionals around, Simon will play a big part in the next stage of our evolution. His understanding, experience, and connections will be hugely valuable as we improve our offer to research firms and provide personalized and customized intelligence to asset managers, helping them to boost performance, via our Investment Analytics platform.”
Simon Greenwell commented: “I’m very excited to be joining Liquidnet at such a pivotal point for the industry. I look forward to bringing my understanding of what is valuable to the sell-side to enhance the already strong connections that the firm has with these institutions:”
The firm’s sell-side equity business reported a record year in 2019 and record quarter in Q1 2020, with the fixed-income trading business having a record Q1 2020 with increased participation from sell-side institutions using the recently launched all-to-all dark protocol.
Earlier this year, the New York-based institutional liquidity service provider promoted Brian Conroy to Chief Executive Officer as the firm launched its new data and analytics business.
The firm also promoted Vicky Sanders to Global Head of Investment Analytics, where she will be responsible for leveraging the artificial intelligence capabilities of OTAS technologies – a firm recently acquired by Liquidnet and Prattle – and pair them with one of the largest online marketplaces and aggregators of research through Liquidnet’s acquisition of RSRCHXchange. This service is expected to run alongside Liquidnet’s existing equity execution and fixed income businesses.
