RBC Capital Markets has hired Alex Wilkinson as a Managing Director of it’s global futures business. He will co-lead the business with Richard Hall-Reppen, Managing Director. Both will report to Harry Samuel, the head of Global Treasury Services. Wilkinson will be based in London, and Hall-Reppen in Chicago.
Wilkinson, most recently with London-based ODL Securities as chief operating officer, has more than twenty years experience in building and managing international brokerage and trading businesses across all asset classes at firms including Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Fimat Banque and Bank of America. His appointment follows closely on the January hiring of Janet Mirasola to head RBC Capital Markets’ New York-based metals desk within the global futures business.
“One of our goals is to expand our futures trading activities in Europe, and Alex’s experience will certainly help us achieve this goal,” says Samuel.
“We’re seeing strong global demand for futures execution and clearing,” adds Hall-Reppen. “The demand is coming from a broad range of capital markets clients, and also from RBC businesses serving hedge funds and professional traders, so there’s all kinds of opportunities for the global futures business.”