Liquidnet has made two new appointments within its multi-asset services team, adding Patric Okumi and Samuel Lowres to lead multi-asset sales.
Samuel Lowres, Patric Okumi
Okumi joins Liquidnet multi-asset services team from TP ICAP Group, where he spent the last 11 years in broking and trading-related roles.
He was also part of TP ICAP’s equity trading desk before building out the single stock equity and ETF RFQ offering on Fusion, the firm’s electronic platform.
Meanwhile, Lowres has been promoted to the role, having joined Liquidnet three years ago as part of the Liquidity Partnerships team.
Lowres has a background in low-touch electronic trading and execution consulting, including the provision of data and transaction cost analysis. Liquidnet added that he brings considerable technical expertise to this role.
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“Drawing on their expertise from within TP ICAP Group and Liquidnet, [Okumi and Lowres] will focus on enhancing buy-side access to trading opportunities, leveraging where appropriate TP ICAP Group’s deep liquidity pools across select brands and a range of asset classes,” said Liquidnet.
The offering allows members to anonymously interact with the specified liquidity, alongside providing access to custom trading tools and analytics.