FOW Awards Editors' Choice: RJ O'Brien (UK) acquisition of Kyte Group
Mudie says: “2015 was a year of strategic development for RJO in London. RJO has a strong business in many regions so the build-out in London and across Europe is of key value to the firm.”
Mudie said: “The acquisition of Kyte’s clearing arm was important because it gave us the ability to create the platform for further growth in Europe.”
He says: “The Kyte acquisition brought state-of-the-art infrastructure and talented people across all aspects of clearing and client services. This means that we can continue to enhance our client service in London and internationally across RJO.”
“We have hired some specialist brokers, and we continue to talk to lots of different people. We have taken the approach that we want to get the right people with the right skills. We’re much more qualitative than quantitative in our hiring practices,” Mudie says.
“We realised our ambitions in the metals market with our LME Category 2 membership -- in line with our plan to round out our product offering by joining additional exchanges.”
“The plan for 2016 is to continue on our growth path, with more strategic hires and further efforts to round out our product coverage by joining more exchanges.”
Mudie adds: “2015 was about establishing the groundwork and platform. Now we are able to build upon these and leverage the infrastructure and talent we have today to innovate, service existing clients, win new business, attract more talent and maximise our potential.”
For more information, contact:
David Mudie
CEO
DMudie@rjobrien.com
+44 (0)845 686 1756
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