Rohit D’Souza was named CEO of capital markets at Citadel Investment Group, formalizing the division between the firm’s hedge fund asset management and capital markets businesses, said a company executive who asked for anonymity.
In this new position, Mr. D’Souza will lead and expand Citadel’s capital markets platform, which includes Citadel Solutions, the firm’s hedge fund administration unit, according to a news release. Citadel’s capital markets platform executes and routes “more than 30% of average (daily) U.S. listed equity options trading volume and more than 8% of average (daily) Nasdaq and NYSE equities volume,” according to the company release.
Mr. D’Souza was senior vice president and head of global equities and Americas global markets, global markets and investment banking at Merrill Lynch.
