Colin Jowers appointed as Managing Director

Trade Ideas Limited (TIL), the financial services industry's global hub for trade ideas, has appointed senior banking and FinTech executive Colin Jowers as Managing Director as the company seeks to capitalise on continued growth in the alpha capture market. The implementation of MiFID II earlier this year has given rise to new opportunities, and Trade Ideas will play a central role in addressing inefficiencies in a fragmented market.

Created and owned by a consortium of leading investment banks – Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, Citi, Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley - TIL offers the only platform agnostic, central hub service on the market for the distribution of trade ideas between investment banks and brokers and their institutional clients.

Prior to joining TIL, Jowers advised investment banks on regulatory and alternative data initiatives. He previously worked as COO for the FinTech company Red Deer after a career in senior roles in investment banking, including Managing Director at RBS and Dresdner Kleinwort. He helped to found TIL in 2005, and also served as a board director of TheMarkets LLC prior to its sale to S&P Capital IQ in 2010.

Commenting on his appointment, Jowers said: “I am delighted to be working with the banks, asset managers, hedge funds and vendors to lower costs, improve connectivity and drive innovation in the alpha capture and wider alternative data space. MiFID II together with increased levels of interest in US means Trade Ideas is ideally placed to support the industry with its transparent and regulatory compliant Trade Ideas Hub.

Sept. 3, 2018