ITG Appoints Carillo Head of U.S. Portfolio Trading

Investment Technology Group (ITG) has appointed John Carillo head of U.S. portfolio trading.

Carillo will oversee all aspects of ITG’s portfolio trading services from executing portfolios on behalf of all U.S. clients to offering strategic advice on complex portfolio transactions.

In a statement, Chris Heckman, Managing Director at ITG, said, “ITG has always provided our clients with exceptional trading solutions. With the addition of John’s experience and vision to ITG's agency offering, we can offer an enhanced high touch portfolio trading service that will be extremely beneficial to our clients."

Carillo added, “ITG is known in the industry for their dedication to client service, agency trading expertise and in-depth knowledge of the marketplace. I look forward to building upon ITG’s strong reputation as a leader in the portfolio trading space.”

Carillo was previously a senior sales trading at JP Morgan Securities in charge of marketing and trading global portfolios for institutional equity clients. Prior to that he was a senior sales trader at Merrill Lynch and has worked at Prudential Securities and PaineWebber as well.