CME Group, a diverse derivatives exchange, hires Mark H. Thompson Jr. as Director, Hedge Funds.
Thompson will be based in New York. He will be responsible for serving as the company’s primary liaison to the East Coast hedge fund community and developing hedge fund business within the region across all CME Group product lines.
Among Thompsons senior roles are operations and analyst coordinator with Moore Capital Management and Banque Paribas. His most recent position is a member of the macro/cross asset sales team at UBS Securities LLC. He was responsible for serving as the single point of contact for macro, long/short, transition and asset managers for all derivatives and cash products and performing cross-asset idea generation and research for clients.
In the new role of Director Thompson will report to Tina Lemieux, Managing Director, Hedge Funds and Broker Services.
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