Getco appoints BarCap fixed-income trader

The influential high-frequency trading firm hires a fixed-income specialist from Barclays Capital as part of a push into new asset classes

Getco, the influential high-frequency trading firm, has hired a fixed-income specialist from Barclays Capital for its European team as part of a continued push by the firm into new asset classes.

Robert Wells, a former fixed income trader at Barclays Capital, joined Getco Europe earlier this month, according to sources familiar with the situation. Getco declined to comment.

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