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Francine Choi , equity trader , BlackRock Francine Choi , is a member of BlackRock ' s equity trading team in London , trading for both systematic and index investment teams . Colleagues describe Francine as “ pushing the boundaries on systematic execution and “ adding top-down guidance on market structure ”, whilst sell-side counterparties praise her ability “ to handle systematically significant order flow in a sophisticated manner .” Another broker comments “ Francine joined BlackRock ’ s EMEA trading team in September 2021 and since then has kept the sell-side brokers on their toes . Whether it ’ s dissecting every algorithm that crosses her path , staying on top of market structure changes or combing through execution commentary and coming back with questions - she is razor sharp and doesn ’ t miss a trick . Her dry humour only adds to her charm … She is undoubtedly one to watch now and in the future .”
Prior to joining BlackRock , Francine worked on the equities electronic execution desk at Citi , providing sales trading coverage to institutional clients . She also held an algo product role and was deeply involved in the platform across algo development , client customisations , connectivity , SOR and market access . Francine holds an MPhil in Finance and Economics from University of Cambridge
“ I am incredibly honoured to be recognised with this award by my peers and counterparts and would like to thank my sell-side coverage and my colleagues at BlackRock for all the dialogue and support along the way .”
Oriane Cochard , junior equity trader , T . Rowe Price Oriane Cochard is an equity trader at T . Rowe Price , responsible for trading the energy , chemicals and basic resources sectors in Europe , as well as automating the desk ’ s workflow . Oriane joined T . Rowe Price in 2020 , as an investment fellow , where she closely collaborated with the derivatives and multi-asset solution and the fixed income trading teams , working on building dashboards to analyse trade data and investigating the investment case for digital assets .
Comments submitted by sell-side counterparties describe Oriane as “ a keen learner , not afraid to ask questions and has become a key part of the T . Rowe equity trading team in Europe . Oriane also has great experience at other buy-side firms - an exciting talent in the industry !” Oriane earned a BA in Economics from McGill University and a Master ’ s in finance with a concentration in capital markets from the MIT Sloan School of Management .
“ As surprised as I was , I am honoured to have been recognised by The TRADE and our sell-side counterparties at this early stage of my career . I look forward to continuing learning and contributing to the industry .”
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