XTX Markets’ US sales head joins rival IMC Trading
Benjamin Klixball takes up new role at Dutch prop trader in New York
Benjamin Klixball has joined non-bank market-maker IMC Trading in New York in a senior sales and distribution role.
Klixball had previously spent nine years at XTX Markets in the US, most recently as head of Americas distribution and e-liquidity management, where he helped steer the trading firm’s expansion into US equities. He also spent over five years at UBS in foreign exchange, rates and credit electronic trading.
According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s BrokerCheck records
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