The firm has appointed an internal hire in London to lead its derivatives ETF product structuring and strategy as it steps up its focus on structured ETF growth.
BlackRock has tapped Tom Garland (pictured) to take a newly created role as head of derivative ETF product structuring & strategy, a spokesperson at the US asset manager told SRP. Within the iShares structuring and solutions team, the director will have end-to-end responsibility for defining, building and scaling the iShares derivatives-based ETF business in Europe. This strategic position is tasked with identifying new outcome-based strategies structures and underlyings to drive category