BMLLTechnologies has appointed Kevin Barrett as Senior Sales Director for listedderivatives in the United States, the London-based market data firm said today (Tuesday),bringing in a futures and quantitative research specialist as it looks to buildout its presence in the asset class.Singapore Summit: Meet the largest APAC brokers you know (and those you still don't!)Barrettspent nearly 13 years at Quantitative Brokers in New York, where he handled thefull sales cycle for the firm's futures, options, spot FX and US cash treasuryexecution algorithms. Earlier in his career, he logged close to a decade atGraham Capital Management in Connecticut, working across quantitative researchanalyst, portfolio analyst and portfolio manager roles.The Barretthire is BMLL's second senior sales appointment since Nordic Capital completedits acquisition of the firm in October 2025, following the Januaryappointment of Karen King as Head of Sales for Asia Pacific, where BMLL had recently added ninenew exchange feeds.Futures Data CoverageUnder ConstructionBMLL saysit is actively building out its global futures offering, which the company saysincludes delivering Level 2 and Level 1 data feeds for the asset class anddeveloping analytics to complement its existing equity suite. Barrett,speaking in a statement, drew directly on his own research background to framethe pitch: "I am incredibly excited to join BMLL as the company looks tosignificantly expand its product offering... Drawing on my own background inquantitative research and trading, I intimately understand the challengesmarket participants face when researching and developing trading strategies.”“I knowfirsthand the tremendous value that BMLL's harmonized high-quality data andanalytics can bring to researchers and quants looking to optimize their tradingstrategies."Barrett’sbroader background spans execution trading and research positions atWillowbridge Associates, Bengal Partners LLC and Trout Trading Management Co.,as well as time at Merrill Lynch, putting his total industry experience at over30 years. Nordic Capital Deal FuelsExpansion PushNordicCapital acquired BMLL in October 2025 in a deal that also involved existingminority shareholder Optiver, which had led a $21 millioninvestment in the firm in October 2024. Rob Laible,Head of Americas at BMLL, said on Tuesday: "When Nordic Capital came onboard, we made our intentions very clear, and we continue to deliver on thismission. We continue to invest in expanding our global venue footprint andextending our data coverage. This includes adding new asset classes such asglobal futures and options, and actively scaling our go-to-market teamsglobally."Thepersonnel moves come alongside a run of data partnerships. In March, BMLL launched ayear-long pilot with Tradefeedr aimed at extending transaction cost analysis from foreign exchangeinto equities. InFebruary, the firm joined forceswith Features Analytics to apply its order book records to market abuse detection acrossequities, ETFs, futures and US equity options.BMLL wasfounded in 2014 in the machine learning laboratories of the University ofCambridge. It describes itself as a provider of harmonized historical Level 3,2 and 1 data and analytics covering global equities, ETFs, futures and USequity options, targeting banks, brokers, asset managers, hedge funds, exchangegroups, academic institutions and regulators. This article was written by Damian Chmiel at www.financemagnates.com.