FTF News also has People Moves items from New Sparta Asset Management, the CFTC and Quantitative Brokers.
Liquidnet Creates New Technology Role
Liquidnet reports the appointment of Patrick Strobel as head of technology for EMEA, which the institutional trading network calls a “newly formed role.” Stroebel joins Liquidnet’s global technology group, reporting to Bob Garrett, head of technology.
Strobel will be responsible for “building out Liquidnet’s strategic IT architecture in EMEA with an emphasis on the region’s Virtual High Touch MiFID II solutions. He brings over sixteen years’ experience delivering IT solutions for investment banks such as Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan,” according to a Liquidnet statement.
At Deutsche Bank, Strobel’s posts included head of P&L and IPV technology, as well as global head of equity trading analytics, according to the statement. “He was responsible for building out Deutsche’s P&L reporting platform and defining the technology strategy for the domain. Prior to that, he oversaw the development of Deutsche’s equity trading analytics capability including TCA [i.e., transaction cost analysis], pre-trade analytics and alpha capture on a global level.”
NSAM Launches Real Estate Division
Jeff Kirby, managing director, NSAM
New Sparta Asset Management (NSAM), a privately held emerging market investment manager based in London, reports that Jeff Kirby has joined as managing director of its new real estate division.
Kirby is a real estate and investment veteran in emerging and developed markets, with more than three decades of experience, NSAM says.
Prior to joining NSAM, he “founded, structured and ran a Central and Eastern European (CEE) Real Estate Development and Fund Management Platform,” according to a New Sparta statement, which notes also that he “set up, raised and closed two investment funds, one of which was anchored by blue chip institutional investors through a Netherlands based fund of funds….Along with CEE, Jeff’s real estate and private equity experience also includes founding and development of a large format retail platform in Russia and involvement and exposure to projects in India and Sub Saharan Africa.”
NSAM also reports that it is “assembling sector specialist teams in power generation, infrastructure, clean energy strategies, SME [i.e. small and medium enterprise] private equity, and real estate.”
CFTC Swears In New Commissioner
The U.S. CFTC reports that it has officially added Brian Quintenz, 
who was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 3, to its ranks.
Prior to his CFTC appointment, he founded Saeculum Capital Management, a registered commodity pool operator that specialized in risk management and technical analysis investment strategies, according to a CFTC statement. His CFTC term expires in April 2020, the commission says.
At Saeculum, he became managing principal and chief investment officer, the CFTC says, noting that he “started his career in finance at Hill-Townsend Capital, a registered investment advisor established to focus solely on U.S. bank and financial company investment opportunities,” at which he performed “fundamental valuation analysis on regional and global banks, projected future earnings estimates, and implemented proprietary hedging strategies.”
Before working in the financial markets, Quintenz “worked for Ohio Congresswoman Deborah Pryce and ultimately became her senior policy advisor,” per the CFTC.
Quantitative Brokers Fills EMEA Sales Post
Tony Davison, head of sales for EMEA, Quantitative Brokers
Broker-dealer and algorithm provider Quantitative Brokers has hired Tony Davison as head of sales for EMEA, confirms a spokesperson for the firm.
Davison joined Quantitative Brokers in July, leaving his role as chief strategy officer at Celer Technologies, officials say. Prior to that position, he worked at Morgan Stanley in foreign exchange (FX) trading and rates, and before that, at Deutsche Bank, as head of the European-listed derivatives e-commerce and clearing and clearing sales team.
Quantitative Brokers serves clients in the futures and U.S. cash treasury markets, and is headquartered in midtown Manhattan with branch offices in London and Chennai, officials say.
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