Liquidnet Names John Emmert as Head of Trading Desk for The Americas

Liquidnet, a technology-driven, global institutional investment network, recently announced that it has appointed John Emmert as its Head of Trading Desk for the Americas.

Based in New York, Mr Emmert will report directly to Liquidnet's Head of Execution and Quantitative Services, Americas, Mike Capelli.

Mr Emmert joins the company with more than two decades of trading and client relationship building experience, he will be responsible for developing a new trading experience that brings together specialized institutional expertise and insight, unique liquidity search tools, and real-time analytics across the desk's algorithmic program and single-stock trading capabilities.

Prior to joining Liquidnet, Mr Emmert worked at ITG as Director on the Global Portfolio Trading team where his responsibilities included managing global portfolio trading baskets, advising clients on execution strategies, and managing the firm's global equity prospecting initiative.

Before that, Mr Emmert worked for 10 years at Deutsche Bank Securities as Director in the Global Program Sales and Trading Group and held senior level trading and sales positions at Société Générale, Susquehanna International Group, BNP Paribas, and Bankers Trust.