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Goldman’s electronic trading head quits for Instinet

London-based MD will relocate to the US to help run Nomura's Instinet, one of the pioneers of electronic trading

Sunday 29 July 2018 at 10:39

Goldman’s electronic trading head quits for Instinet

One of the heads of electronic trading at Goldman Sachs in London is leaving the investment bank to take up a senior post at a global equities broker owned by Nomura.

Ralston Roberts, a managing director and Goldman’s co-head of execution services and electronic trading in Europe, will move to the US to join Instinet as its chief operating officer, according to people familiar with the matter.