David Easthope, CFA

Senior Analyst
Securities & Investments

deasthope@celent.com

David Easthope is a senior analyst in Celent’s securities and investments practice and is based in the firm’s San Francisco office. He is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and member of the San Francisco Security Analysts Society. Mr. Easthope’s expertise lies in securities trading and post-trade systems, including exchange platforms, electronic communication networks (ECNs), alternative trading systems (ATSs) and dark liquidity pools. He is also an expert in exchange and broker-dealer strategic initiatives, including the introduction of new multilateral trading facilities (MTFs), block and anonymous order types, algorithmic trading, and IT procurement/partnerships.

His recent consulting work involves advising CEOs, CIOs and IT planning teams on issues including exchange cost structure, algorithmic trading, and OTC derivatives processing.

He has written widely on topics relevant to broker dealers and exchanges, including dark pools and alternative trading systems (US, EMEA and Asia), electronic bond trading, direct market access (DMA), and has cowritten a report with Octavio Marenzi on the impact of Regulation NMS on ECNs. Mr. Easthope has been widely quoted in the press, including the Financial Times, Reuters, CNN Money, and CNBC.

He has been a presenter at industry conferences in the US and Canada, including those sponsored by Trade Tech, Financial Markets World, the Securities Operations Forum, and UBS.

Before joining Celent, Mr. Easthope was a strategy consultant at Detwiler, Mitchell, Fenton and Graves, an institutional broker-dealer. In this role he led senior management–level strategic projects, including competitive positioning, development of a strategic business plan, and customer profiling.

Before joining Detwiler, Mr. Easthope was an associate financial analyst at Friedman Billings, Ramsey Group, where he researched financial technology firms for investment opportunities. He has also served as a senior equity research associate at Raymond James & Associates covering the financial technology sector.

Mr. Easthope received his MBA and BA from Vanderbilt University. He is fluent in English and proficient in Spanish.