Mosaic Smart Data Names FICC Expert Gareth Evans Chief Product Officer

Mosaic Smart Data, the fintech that provides real-time data for fixed income, currencies and commodities (FICC) market, has appointed UBS Product Chief Gareth Evans as its Chief Product Officer.

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Evans is an FICC expert with 18 years of capital market industry experience.

At UBS, the largest Swiss banking institution, Evans led the product direction for the private banks distribution and sales platforms.

Mosaic Smart Data said Evans at its firm will take charge of advancing the product direction of its data-driven tools.

The data analytics providers tools are used by investment banks to facilitate their FICC sales and trading performance.

Matthew Hodgson, the CEO and Founder of Mosaic Smart Data, noted that the company has been receiving growing demands for its technology.

Hodgson noted that FICC-trading banks are giving key priority to productivity, efficiency and enhanced speed to remain competitive despite tough market conditions.

The CEO pointed out that Evans cross-market experience with FICC and financial technology is “a perfect fit” for Mosaic and its customers.

“Gareths experience is a great asset to the team as we continue to help banks achieve these goals by applying advanced AI and machine learning technology to extract actionable insight from their data,” Hodgson explained.

Evans on his part noted that he was looking forward to helping Mosaic Smart Data remain a top data analytics technology provider among investment banks.

The product manager explained that banks active in the FICC market must be able to harness the increasing amount of market and transactional data at their disposal.

This, he said, is key to their ability to go completely digital.

“Im delighted to join Mosaic at a time when banks are urgently seeking technology solutions that deliver tangible business improvements,” the former UBS Product Chief said.

A Brief Profile of Evans

At UBS, Evans contributed to the growth of UBS Neo, the Swiss banks cross-asset electronic trading platform, through his product development efforts.

Previously, Evans worked at Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley.

At Deutsche Bank, he spearheaded the German multinational banks credit and rates technology in Europe.

He served as an Executive Director for four years and five months.

At Morgan Stanley, he contributed to the American multinational investment banks fixed income electronic trading team as a senior software developer.

Evans graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1997.