Recent hires and promotions in the equities and derivatives trading world, courtesy of Traders Magazine online. John Hickey joins the Buckingham Research Group as a senior sales trader in New York. Hickey, a 22-year veteran, was previously with Sanford C. Bernstein, where he spent 11 years. Prior to that, he worked at Cantor Fitzgerald. He reports to Tony Sutera, who runs Buckingham's equity trading desk. Jim Kelly joins Citigroup Global Markets' capital introduction group as director in New York.  A 30-year veteran, Kelly was previously at Morgan Stanley, where he headed its transition management group in the Americas. Prior to moving upstairs, he spent 28 years on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, where he ran his own firm. Kelly was also a floor official and board member of the Alliance of Floor Brokers. He reports to Beth Neely, who heads capital introduction in prime finance for the Americas at Citi. Alan Rubenfeld joins Boston-based QuantShares as director of sales to promote its market-neutral ETFs.  He has spent more than 20 years in portfolio trading and most recently worked at UBS, after a nearly 2-year stint at BNP Paribas. He also spent more than 10 years at Deutsche Bank.  Working out of New York, Rubenfeld reports to QuantShares CAO and director of marketing, Richard Block. Glenn Koh joined BofA Merrill Lynch to lead equity derivatives trading in the Americas. He spent 14 years at Morgan Stanley, most recently in charge of trading U.S. equity index derivatives.   Koh reports to Henry Mulholland, head of Americas equities, and Fabrizio Gallo, global head of equities. Robert Weinstein joins Tullett Prebon as head of institutional equity sales and trading. A 19-year veteran of the industry, he was previously managing director for institutional sales and trading at Dahlman Rose & Co.  Prior to that, he oversaw a team of sales traders at Lighthouse Financial Group.  Weinstein spent 4 years at Bear Stearns, where he was SMD for institutional sales and trading. He also has worked for Burlington Capital Markets and Instinet. Weinstein reports to Tom Bovitz, an SMD at Tullett Prebon. [Traders Mag. Online, 11/28/11]