The UK bank continues to bolster its equity derivatives activities in Europe despite exits in its electronic trading platform.

Barclays has appointed Niels Aage Juhl Christensen as a managing director within its investment bank as it continues to boost its Emea equity derivatives sales. Based in Paris, Christensen will have responsibility for equity derivatives distribution in the Nordics as head of equity distribution Nordics and report to Andreas Konomis and his former colleague at Bank of America, Christian Treuer, who joined the Barclays earlier this year as co-head of Emea derivative distribution, global equities