Mark Edgar joins as a managing director and the head of US convertibles sales from Jones Trading, where he founded the convertible trading desk. Previously, he worked at Deutsche Bank as a director in global convertible bonds from 2000 to 2009.
Joseph Venn joins as an executive director after eight years at CIBC World Markets, where he was a portfolio manager for the proprietary US convertible arbitrage group. Prior to that, he spent two years at Platinum Traders, a startup company, and worked in the derivatives valuations group at Bankers Trust.
Douglas Finnegan joins as a vice president from Jones Trading, where he was a convertible bonds sales trader. Prior to that, he worked at Credit Suisse from 2000 to 2009. He has traded convertible securities since 2005, and was a US and international equity trader from 2000 to 2005.
Chuck Manning joins as a vice president from Jones Trading, where he was a convertible bonds sales trader. Prior to that, he was a convertible sales trader at Deutsche Bank from 2005 to 2009.
Gildo Niutta joins as a vice president from Jones Trading, where he worked as a convertible bonds sales trader. From 2004 to 2009, he worked at AQR Capital Management, where he was responsible for the trading of all convertible bonds and volatility strategies.
Meredith Curley joins as an associate from Jones Trading, where she was a convertible sales trader and business manager. Prior to that, she worked for five years at Merrill Lynch covering hedge funds for global interest rate derivative products. Her last three years with Merrill were spent in Tokyo providing overnight coverage to US/UK based accounts.
Ciaran O’Kelly, head of equities in the Americas at Nomura, said: “These hires are transformational for our equities business and demonstrate our focus on recruiting world-class talent as we build our US franchise. We will continue to make outstanding hires in all product areas in coming months.”
Paul Dolan, global head of convertible bonds, who is based in Hong Kong at Nomura, said: “With these additions, we are expanding our well-established international convertibles product into the Americas, completing our global build and making our platform even more compelling for our trading and investment banking clients.”
