Barclays has appointed Alexander Altmann as global head of equities tactical strategies. He reports to Ronnie Wexler, global head of equities distribution.
In the New York-based role, Altmann is tasked with identifying new opportunities through thematic idea generation. Taking key themes and ideas from diverse channels across the bank, he will deliver actionable market content with a focus on exotics, quantitative investment solutions and flow products to equities clients and the broader global markets client base.
Altmann has two decades of industry experience and joins Barclays from Millennium, where he was a global equity macro portfolio manager. Prior to this, he spent close to 10 years as managing director and head of equity trading strategy at Citi. Earlier in his career, Altmann was a portfolio manager on the Royal Bank of Scotland’s equities team.
Commenting on the appointment, Wexler said: “Alex has a deep history of thought leadership across the equities landscape complemented by a stellar track record in generating actionable ideas across the markets space. Working in partnership with a wide range of teams within Global Markets and Research, we are confident that our clients will benefit from Alex’s expertise as we focus on deepening client relationships and delivering first class market content.”
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