BestEx Research has appointed Stuart Baden Powell as managing director and head of APAC as it seeks to establish a presence in the region. He is based in Singapore.
On his new role, Baden Powell said: “With Asia’s ongoing growth and gaps in both product sophistication and client service, the opportunities to innovate and deliver the boutique client experience BestEx Research provides are significant. The clients around the world I have supported throughout my career appreciate this brand of partnership in solving their execution challenges.”
Baden Powell has more than a decade of industry experience, and most recently was head of Asian electronic execution of cash equities at Macquarie Capital. He spent more than seven years with the firm, working in Hong Kong and Singapore.
Earlier in his career, Baden Powell was executive director of APAC electronic trading sales, based in Hong Kong, and head of European electronic trading and market structures for Europe and Asia at RBC Capital Markets, based in London.
Commenting on the appointment, Tony Huck, global head of business development at BestEx Research, said: “Our intention is to deliver to the APAC marketplace the same level of innovation and performance that we provide today for domestic equities and global futures. Stuart’s experience as an equities electronic and algorithmic trading practitioner, expertise in execution consulting, and deep market structure knowledge make him uniquely suited to drive this critical effort.”
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