London Trading Firm Expands Its Team
- Electronic trading firm G-Research is expanding its workforce in London, seeking to hire additional engineers and salespeople.
- This expansion occurs alongside a broader trend of trading and financial technology firms increasing their footprints in major European financial hubs.
- The growth at G-Research aligns with other significant hiring activities in the London and European trading sectors.
Electronic trading firm G-Research is expanding its workforce in London, seeking to hire additional engineers and salespeople. The recruitment drive indicates a growth phase for the firm as it seeks to bolster its technical and commercial capabilities within the London market.
This expansion occurs alongside a broader trend of trading and financial technology firms increasing their footprints in major European financial hubs. Other firms have recently made similar moves to enhance their regional support and execution capabilities to meet evolving client demands.
Regional Trading Sector Expansion
The growth at G-Research aligns with other significant hiring activities in the London and European trading sectors. State Street has recently expanded its partnered trading team across London and Frankfurt, appointing several individuals to vice president positions in partnered trading and portfolio solutions.
State Street’s expansion is driven by client demand for greater flexibility in cross-asset execution. This comes as outsourced trading gains more traction across the United Kingdom and Europe. Among the appointments is Dirk Heim, who previously headed the EU Execution Hub at UBS, and Nicole Lindermayer, also formerly of UBS.
The shift of talent from UBS to State Street follows a development in March 2025, when UBS exited the outsourced trading business to refocus its Execution Hub on the bank’s global wealth management and bank for clients.
Other firms have also targeted London for growth. Prop trading firm Seven Points Capital has expanded its operations into the city, while Trading Technologies International (TT) has expanded its London team. TT appointed Rajiv Shah as Head of Sales for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) on December 4, 2025.
Shah, who has over 25 years of experience in fintech and capital markets, was hired to oversee regional growth initiatives and the expansion of the firm’s capital-markets technology footprint across the EMEA region.
Energy Trading Growth in London
The trend of increasing headcount in London extends to the energy sector. ExxonMobil has doubled the number of traders based in London to approximately 300 over a two-year period.
The majority of this growth has been achieved through new hires, with only a small number of employees transferring from Brussels. This recruitment drive is part of a priority for CEO Darren Woods to optimize the company’s network of chemical plants, refineries, and pipelines.
Despite this expansion, ExxonMobil’s trading division remains more conservative than rivals such as Shell and BP, and maintains a smaller overall size than those competitors.
APAC Market Trends
While London remains a focal point for expansion, proprietary trading firms are also scaling their operations in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region. Jane Street and other prop trading firms are currently expanding their presence in APAC, introducing new teams and faces to the regional market.