EQUITIES
Buy-side profile
DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT DRIVES
BETTER TEAM COLLABORATION,
DECISION MAKING AND
RESPONDING TO OUR CLIENT’S
NEEDS
Emma Quinn
Senior Vice President, Global Co-Head of Equity Trading, AllianceBernstein
How does a typical day look for you with your
responsibilities for trading in Europe, Asia including
Australia within the US originated firm AllianceBernstein
(“AB”)? Which are your key priorities?
I am Sydney-based Global Co-Head of Equity Trading for
AllianceBernstein (AB), with my co-head, Frank Loughlin,
who is based in New York. My direct responsibility area is
everything outside of the US however we run the trading
desk as a truly global platform. My working day starts and
ends with talking to Frank. We cover technology, risk and
compliance together globally in addition to our distinct
geographical responsibility areas. We look after everything
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from oversight, risk, electronic trading, liaising with our
quant team in New York to organising our electronic trading
objectives and our traders. We have a huge amount of
interaction with our investment team when they are either
looking into trading into Asia or Europe and want expertise
within these markets. From a day to day perspective I often
trade in addition to my management and oversight duties.
It is very important to me that I work well with my co-
head so we can manage the global business across all
time zones. Like any relationship we work hard at having a
constructive partnership that is centred on honesty, respect,
collaboration and some fun.
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Summer 2019