Fidessa Hires Equities Product Marketer for Sell-Side

Fidessa has hired Jay Biancamano as head of equities product marketing for the Americas, where he will work on developing trading and market access tools for the sell side.

Biancamano will be based in New York and report to James Blackburn, global head of Equities Product Marketing.

Prior to joining Fidessa, Biancamano founded Hoyvin, a trading technology firm that helps traders source alpha from social media. Before Hoyvin, Biancamano served as the executive chairman and CEO of Pipeline Trading, a predictive analytics and algorithmic trading firm.

“Jay is very well known in the industry and has a tremendous track record,” says Mark Ames, CEO of Fidessa in the Americas. “His experience will be an invaluable resource in further expanding our business and enhancing our equity-based products as we continue to build out our sell-side business in new market segments in the region.”