Mr Maydew served as a director of the event driven proprietary trading team at ABN Amro/RBS. His team managed EUR2.5bn investing in merger arbitrage, dual listings, share classes and long/short equity trading. His buyside perspective will be a valuable resource in covering BTIG’s European clients.
Mr Levy was director of equity sales-trading at Pali International. He also served Bancaire Privee (UBP) in Geneva and Societe Generale Group.
Mr Benton was a sales trader in the European event driven product at Pali International. Prior to that, he was a proprietary trader at Bear Stearns and ING Bank.
Mr Levett was also a sales trader developing the event driven product at Pali International. He was also responsible for producing the firm’s daily notes to clients. He has also held a sales role at Bryan Garnier in London and was a financial journalist for AFX News and S&P Marketscope. Levett will strengthen BTIG’s current efforts in providing its clients with relevant and insightful market intelligence in London.
Mr Clegg was a sales trader on the event driven team. He previously worked at Mirabaud in London.
Gary Hayes, CEO of BTIG in Europe, said: “Adrian, Raphael, Paul, Greg and Alex bring significant knowledge and experience to our London team in both event-driven and pan-European sales and trading. As we continue to extend our product offerings in Europe, these new hires will provide our institutional clients with valuable event driven expertise and insight.”
BTIG is an institutional brokerage and fund services company. BTIG, including through its affiliates, employs over 375 professionals around the world. BTIG serves over 1,500 institutional customers and offers services from five divisions: Equity Trading, Fixed Income, Prime Brokerage, Outsource Trading and Direct Market Access.
