BTIG Adds Four Senior Executives to its NY Fixed Income Credit Group

BTIG, a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading, investment banking, research, and related brokerage services, has once again added to its Fixed Income Credit Group, this time bringing in four new senior executives as part of its latest tranche of hires.

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Per the latest round of appointments, Anthony Guido, Steven Jones, Jay Sommer, and Jeffrey Walsh have all joined the firm within the Fixed Income Credit Group. Each individual will be based out of BTIG’s New York office, reporting to Drew Doscher and Darren Haines, the group’s co-Heads of the Fixed Income Credit Group.

Mr. Guido lands at BTIG as its newest Managing Director of the Fixed Income Credit Group – he will be focusing on high-Yield Yield A yield is defined as the earnings generated by an investment or security over a particular time period. This is in typically displayed in percentage terms and is in the form of interest or dividends received from it.Yields do not include the price variations, which differentiates it from the total return. As such, a yield applies to various stated rates of return on stocks, fixed income instruments such as bonds, and other types of investment products.Yields can be calculated as a ratio or as a A yield is defined as the earnings generated by an investment or security over a particular time period. This is in typically displayed in percentage terms and is in the form of interest or dividends received from it.Yields do not include the price variations, which differentiates it from the total return. As such, a yield applies to various stated rates of return on stocks, fixed income instruments such as bonds, and other types of investment products.Yields can be calculated as a ratio or as a Read this Term sales. He comes over to BTIG having worked as the Managing Director of High-Yield Sales at Guggenheim Securities with additional stops at Jefferies, Imperial Capital, Bear Stearns, Citigroup, and Prudential.

By extension, Mr. Jones will be BTIG’s Managing Director and High-Yield Credit Strategist within the group, following a lengthy career of buy- and Sell-Side Sell-Side Those in the financial industry involved with the production, marketing, and the sale of bonds, forex, stocks, and other financial instruments constitute the sell-side.Products and services produced by the sell-side are geared towards those who on the buy-side. You can think of the sell-side and buy-side like a coin, you cannot have one side without the other. The sell-side is comprised of individuals, firms, fintech companies, and market makers, who are responsible for providing liquidity in th Those in the financial industry involved with the production, marketing, and the sale of bonds, forex, stocks, and other financial instruments constitute the sell-side.Products and services produced by the sell-side are geared towards those who on the buy-side. You can think of the sell-side and buy-side like a coin, you cannot have one side without the other. The sell-side is comprised of individuals, firms, fintech companies, and market makers, who are responsible for providing liquidity in th Read this Term experience, relegated exclusively to the energy sector. Mr. Jones previously worked at U.S. Bancorp, KeyBanc Capital Markets, and BNP Paribas, among other stops.

Mr. Sommer also joins BTIG as a Managing Director though will focus on sourcing assets across bankruptcies, restructurings and liquidations, including trade claims and other illiquid and special situations globally. He comes over after working as s Managing Director of Fixed Income Credit at Jefferies.

Finally, Mr. Walsh steps into a role as Managing Director, which will see him focus on high-yield sales and trading. He represents the most senior addition of the four individuals, boasting over three decades of fixed income credit experience. Prior to BTIG, Mr. Walsh worked at Canaccord Genuity, RBC Capital Markets, and Morgan Stanley.

According to Mr. Doscher, in a statement on the new hires, “BTIG’s Fixed Income Credit Group continues to opportunistically build out our business. Anthony, Steven, Jay and Jeffrey each have a solid reputation in the industry, and we look forward to leveraging their expertise to penetrate new relationships in the credit space.”

The four additions are the latest hires at BTIG’s NY office since last month, when the company secured Filip Skala and John Curley.