James Moroney has been appointed director and trading product specialist at EquiLend. He is based in New York.
Moroney brings more than two decades of experience in securities finance and related industries to EquiLend. At EquiLend, he will be liaising with clients and working on the continued rollout of the NGT trading platform.
Most recently, Moroney was managing director and head of North American Equities Trading in State Street’s securities lending business. He has also traded at Raymond James and BankBoston/Fleet Financial.
Moroney says: “I have been an EquiLend user for many years and am intimately familiar with the efficiency and benefits of its broad service offering as the leading provider of securities finance technology. I am very excited to join EquiLend and help bring NGT, which is truly transforming the way securities finance industry trades, to the global marketplace.”
Brian Lamb, CEO of EquiLend, says: “Jim’s many years of experience in the securities finance industry, especially his broad trading expertise, are a great asset to EquiLend. We are thrilled to welcome Jim to the team.”
Moroney has a B.S. in business administration from Villanova University.