Hugh Taggart to Head Financial Products at Saxo Bank

Hugh Taggart was appointed head of financial products at Danish investment bank Saxo Bank. Taggart will help direct future product strategy with his UK and Denmark-based team. According to Saxo, the hire reflects the bank's increased focus on expanding its existing product range, to create a truly multi-asset platform.

Taggart was previously product manager and sales specialist for Dow Jones' machine readable news.

He will be based in London.