Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. announced key appointments of several seasoned professionals in the firm’s high yield, investment grade and research groups as it continues to build out its global credit fixed income platform and capabilities. These individuals will report to Adam Vengrow and David Pichler, co-heads of the credit fixed income department.
Jack Oestreicher joins Cantor as a managing director in high yield and distressed. Previously, Oestreicher was a managing director for distressed sales & trading covering distressed hedge funds focused on distressed securities at The Royal Bank of Scotland.
Rob Barrett joins as a managing director in trading and sales at Cantor. Most recently, Barrett served as a managing director in high yield sales & trading at BNP Paribas. Earlier, he spent over 20 years at JP Morgan in corporate bond trading.
Scott Sodokoff joins Cantor as a managing director on the credit trading team responsible for energy, utility, project finance, aircraft and military housing trading. Sodokoff served as a managing director, desk head and trader in the institutional taxable fixed income services group at Piper Jaffray with a trading focus in secured aircraft, project finance, military housing, infrastructure finance, and credit. Earlier, he worked at Bear Stearns & Co., as a managing director where his team initiated a new business line including private placements and special situations. He also previously worked at UBS Investment Bank and Prudential Securities.
Jim McHugh, a managing director in investment grade sales, joins Cantor from MF Global. Previously, McHugh worked as a managing director and head of U.S. credit sales at RBC Capital.
Bill Dial joins Cantor as a managing director in investment grade credit products. Dial previously served as a managing director at Knight Capital where he primarily traded chemicals, metals and mining, autos, builders and REITs. Earlier, he served as a managing director at Barclays Capital where he oversaw the firm’s cash and CDs group focusing on industrials and autos. Before that, he served as a managing director at Deutsche Bank in credit trading.
Elie Radinsky joins Cantor as a managing director covering high yield, distressed and bank loan credits focusing on the healthcare, retail and special situations sectors. Most recently, Radinsky headed the high yield research groups at BTIG and Chapdelaine Credit Partners.
Grenville Day joins Cantor as a managing director covering high yield, distressed and bank loans. Most recently, Day served as a distressed and special situations analyst at Citadel Securities where his primary responsibilities included reviewing investing opportunities in bonds and loans and revising investment opportunities. -PR Newswire
