ETX Capital Taps Andrea Di Blasio as Head of Quant Trading

ETX Capital, a UK-based broker firm, has hired Andrea Di Blasio as Head of Quant Trading, who joins the company with around three years of experience in the field. According to the announcement made via LinkedIn, the lead of the broker’s Quant Trading department has been working on the role since April, although it was made official today.

“I analyze data, test and develop new ideas to monitor and improve the overall processes related to the trading ecosystem: pricing, inventory management, Liquidity Liquidity The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent The term liquidity refers to the process, speed, and ease of which a given asset or security can be converted into cash. Notably, liquidity surmises a retention in market price, with the most liquid assets representing cash.The most liquid asset of all is cash itself.· In economics, liquidity is defined by how efficiently and quickly an asset can be converted into usable cash without materially affecting its market price. · Nothing is more liquid than cash, while other assets represent Read this Term sourcing, hedging strategies, etc.,” Di Blasio stated in the LinkedIn post. Prior to his new role, ETX Capital’s Head of Quant Trading had a short-lived tenure working for three months at FlowBank as a Senior Quant Trading Analyst.

Furthermore, he spent over a year and a half working as an eFX Quantitive Analyst for Swissquote. But, his professional background extends to the academic field, as he was a Doctoral Assistant, Chair of Computational Mathematics and Numerical Analysis at École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Moreover, Di Blasio earned in EPFL a Master of Science in Computational Science and Engineering, a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Mathematics, and a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematical Engineering.

Recent Hirings

The appointment of Di Blasio comes after ETX Capital announced that it secured Juan Amiguet as its new Head of Data, effective from July 2021. Other recent hires by ETX Capital include Risk Director Nicolas Gavriel, Technical Analyst Alex Neale, Marketing Marketing Marketing is defined as the business process of identifying, anticipating and satisfying customers' needs and wants.This is a crucial element of any operation or brokerage in the financial services space. Well-funded marketing campaigns are instrumental to the survival and longevity of these companies in an increasingly competitive industry.Within the forex space, marketers perform a wide range of functions to help procure, secure, or retain clients.In particular, newer forex brokers also have t Marketing is defined as the business process of identifying, anticipating and satisfying customers' needs and wants.This is a crucial element of any operation or brokerage in the financial services space. Well-funded marketing campaigns are instrumental to the survival and longevity of these companies in an increasingly competitive industry.Within the forex space, marketers perform a wide range of functions to help procure, secure, or retain clients.In particular, newer forex brokers also have t Read this Term Executive Kyriakos Paisanos, and Head of Research and Analysis Andrew Saks.

In terms of product announcements, ETX Capital unveiled the launch of zero-fee trading services for a long list of top-traded stock CFDs in June. The brokerage offers trading services with thousands of stock CFDs that are listed on both United States and European exchanges. But, the zero-fee services are set to be limited to the most popular stock CFDs on the platform, including company names like Tesla, Apple, Amazon and Barclays.