Global institutional investment specialist, Liquidnet has announced two new appointments with, David Barrett-Lennard and Andrew Murphy, joining its Australian business.
Barrett-Lennard would join Liquidnet’s execution and quantitative services (EQS) team and Murphy would serve as the company’s relationship manager.
David, who joined from ITG where he worked in equity sales for six years, would be responsible for supporting the further expansion of the firm’s execution services into Australia.
At the same time, Murphy would work closely with the firm’s existing client relationship team, ensuring Australian members could leverage Liquidnet’s entire execution ecosystem including block trading, algorithmic modelling and execution as well as market intelligence capabilities.
“Bringing these two experienced hires on board will further strengthen and deepen our relationship with members as we continue to enhance the Liquidnet Ecosystem,” Kate Weidenhofer, Liquidnet’s head of Australia, said.
“We welcome David and Andrew and look forward to drawing on their expertise to support our growing Australian team.”
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