JERSEY CITY, N.J. and LONDON, June 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Knight
Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NITE) today announced that Knight Libertas UK has
established a European Credit Sales and Trading team based in London.
Effective immediately, Neil Robertson, Andrew Linford, Tom Goodale, James
Holdsworth, Simon Marriott, Spencer Harman, Daniel Cohen, Michael Levy, Nigel
Perry, David Fenwick, Kayyor Rao, Justin Perry, Andrew Carrie and Geoff Capell
have joined the institutional fixed income broker-dealer.
"We are excited to be in a position to be immediately relevant to European
fixed income institutional investors with the addition of the Knight Libertas
European Credit Sales and Trading team," said Gary Katcher, Executive Vice
President, Head of Global Institutional Fixed Income at Knight Capital Group.
"Neil Robertson is leading a UK- and European-focused team which represents
excellence in Investment Grade, High Yield and Loan sales, trading and
credit-based analysis. The team has deep relationships earned through
exceptional client focus over years in the industry. The team complements our
extraordinary U.S. franchise in Investment Grade and High Yield trading, sales
and research. We now will be able to fully service our U.S. and European
clients' cross-border activity."
Knight Libertas UK provides secondary market liquidity and credit-based
analysis across a broad range of fixed income securities, including Investment
Grade and High Yield bonds, Bank Loans, Emerging Market Credit and Sovereigns.
Neil Robertson, Managing Director of Knight Libertas UK, is responsible
for managing the European Credit Sales and Trading team and reports directly
to Gary Katcher. Among the individual team members, Robertson and Linford
handle Investment Grade real money sales, Goodale and Holdsworth lead
Investment Grade hedge fund sales, and Marriott and Harman cover High Yield
sales. Fenwick and Rao complete the Investment Grade sales team while Justin
Perry is a member of the High Yield sales team. Cohen, Levy and Nigel Perry
run trading, with Cohen focusing on High Yield, Levy trading Investment Grade
and Crossover bonds across sectors, and Perry handling financials. Carrie is
Knight Libertas' desk analyst in Europe covering Investment Grade and High
Yield. Capell oversees operations.
"I am delighted, along with this team, to join Knight Libertas and build
its European credit business," said Robertson. "With the addition of this
highly experienced team in London to the firm's already strong American
presence, including its longstanding client relationships and impressive
research capabilities, we expect to become an important counterparty for
European firms in the near future. This is the beginning of our effort in
Europe and we fully expect to continue to add excellent staff in sales,
trading, research and capital markets to meet client needs."
The European Credit Sales and Trading team operates from Knight's London
office at City Place House, 55 Basinghall Street, London EC2V 5DU, phone +44
(0)20 7997 2200 and fax +44 (0)20 7997 7700. Knight Libertas UK is a division
of Knight Capital Europe Limited, which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Knight
Capital Group, Inc.
Biographies
Neil Robertson
Managing Director, Head of European Credit Sales and Trading
Knight Libertas UK
Neil Robertson is Managing Director responsible for the European Credit
Sales and Trading Team at Knight Libertas in London.
Prior to Knight Libertas, Mr. Robertson spent more than nine years at UBS
where he set up the firm's Euroyen Bond business and grew its Japanese
government bond business. He later joined the credit market team in the UK and
became Managing Director responsible for the UK credit sales business. He left
UBS and joined Knight in June 2009.
Prior to his work at UBS, Neil oversaw the UK sales business for all
Japanese products for Dai-Ichi Kangyo Bank International and, previously, did
the same for Sakura Finance International. He also worked in Japanese bond
sales as well as equity-related products for New Japan Securities Company.
Neil started his career as a broker at TG Galgey and Company.
Neil has a bachelor of arts in classics from Exeter University.
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Andrew Linford
Sales, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
Andrew Linford is Director, European Credit Sales and Trading for Knight
Libertas in London.
Mr. Linford has worked at UBS for a total of 15 years, most recently as a
Managing Director covering institutional UK Real Money accounts from 2003
until joining Knight Libertas in June 2009. He also worked for UBS (Philips &
Drew) from 1989 to 1998.
In between his time at UBS, Andrew covered institutional UK Real Money
accounts for Merrill Lynch. He started his career at Credit Lyonnais covering
continental accounts in Germany and Austria.
Andrew has a bachelor of arts in commerce from the University of
Greenwich.
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Tom Goodale
Sales, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
Tom Goodale is Director, European Credit Sales and Trading for Knight
Libertas in London.
Mr. Goodale joined Knight Libertas from Calyon Credit Agricole where he
was a Director of hedge fund sales responsible for establishing and building a
hedge fund team within fixed income credit. Prior to joining Calyon, Tom
worked at UBS in hedge fund sales covering fixed income rates and currencies.
He covered primary and secondary credit products for both U.S. and European
clients. Tom also worked at J.P. Morgan Chase and Old Mutual/GNI in London.
Tom has a bachelor of science in economics with pure, statistical and
mechanical mathematics from Reading University.
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James Holdsworth
Sales, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
James Holdsworth is Director, European Credit Sales and Trading for Knight
Libertas in London.
Mr. Holdsworth spent his entire career at UBS before joining Knight
Libertas. Most recently, James was an Executive Director in UK IMG and hedge
fund sales. He has been responsible for covering pension funds, insurance
companies, hedge funds and proprietary trading desks based in London as well
as clients in continental Europe and Asia. James specialized in Cash bonds and
Single-Name Derivatives, from Investment Grade to High Yield to Emerging
Markets. He also has experience in structured products.
James has a bachelor of science in psychology from the University of
Edinburgh.
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Simon Marriott
Sales, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
Simon Marriott is Director, European Credit Sales and Trading for Knight
Libertas in London.
Mr. Marriott joined Knight Libertas from UBS where he was Executive
Director, Leveraged Finance sales in London, for nearly three years.
Previously, Simon was a Founder and Head of the High Yield sales team for RBS
and also worked in High Yield sales for ING.
Simon spent more than 16 years at Schroders, most recently as Director of
European High Yield sales. He co-founded the firm's Asian Distressed group and
was President of Schroders Structured Investments, both based in New York.
Simon spent several years in Asia for Schroders, working as Head of the
Financial Markets team in Singapore and establishing a Corporate Hedging and
Investment Products team in Hong Kong.
Simon has a bachelor of science in economics from Southampton University.
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Spencer Harman
Sales, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
Spencer Harman is Director, European Credit Sales and Trading for Knight
Libertas in London.
Mr. Harman has been an expert in High Yield sales throughout his career.
He joined Knight Libertas from UBS AG where he was Director of High Yield
sales in the firm's London operation.
Prior to working at UBS, Spencer was Director of High Yield sales at
Barclays Capital in London where he was responsible for all aspects of
leveraged finance sales. Previously, he was Vice President, High Yield and
Distressed sales at RBC Capital Markets in New York. Spencer started his
career in fixed income at Scotia Capital in New York where he was Director of
High Yield sales overseeing accounts both in the U.S. and Europe.
Spencer has a bachelor of arts with a concentration in history from the
College of Wooster.
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Daniel Cohen
Trader, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
Daniel Cohen is Vice President, European Credit Sales and Trading for
Knight Libertas in London.
Mr. Cohen joined Knight Libertas from Morgan Stanley. Most recently, he
was a Vice President in High Yield trading in the firm's New York office. He
also served as an Analyst in the Investment Banking division of Global Capital
Markets in New York and as an Analyst in Emerging Markets Capital Markets in
London. He started out at Morgan Stanley as a Summer Analyst in Corporate
Finance in London.
Dan has a master of arts in economics and a master of philosophy in
finance from the University of Cambridge.
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Michael Levy
Trader, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
Michael Levy is Director, European Credit Sales and Trading for Knight
Libertas in London.
Prior to joining Knight Libertas, Mr. Levy was a Director at UBS where he
was the Senior Corporate Trader covering Eurosterling Corporates. Previously,
Michael worked at HSBC in a similar capacity as an Associate Director and
Senior Corporate Trader covering Eurosterling Corporates. He started his
career at CHP Consulting Ltd, a consultancy serving the asset finance
industry.
Michael has a bachelor of science in international management and French
from the Manchester School of Management as well as a certificate in business
administration from the Groupe ESC Grenoble Graduate Business School.
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Nigel Perry
Trader, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
Nigel Perry is Director, European Credit Sales and Trading for Knight
Libertas in London.
Mr. Perry worked at UBS for more than 17 non-consecutive years in a
variety of credit-related roles. Most recently, Nigel was Executive Director
and Senior Trader, Bank and Insurance Capital. Previously, he jointly oversaw
OECD Investment Grade Corporate Credit trading. He also was an Acquisition and
Structured Finance Credit Product Specialist and started at UBS in Capital
Markets Financial and Credit Risk for Interest Rate Derivative products.
Nigel also has worked for credit hedge fund Elgin Capital LLC where he was
Head of Trading and Junior Portfolio Manager responsible for autos and auto
parts.
Nigel is a qualified accountant and has a bachelor of science in
accounting and financial analysis from the University of Warwick.
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David Fenwick
Sales, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
David Fenwick is Vice President, European Credit Sales and Trading for
Knight Libertas in London.
Prior to Knight Libertas, Mr. Fenwick worked at UBS in sales of Credit
Default Swaps, Corporate and Government bonds. Previously, David worked in
branch and client management for Abbey PLC. He also worked at Technical Aid
International.
David has a bachelor of arts in business studies with honors from Sussex
University.
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Kayyor Rao
Sales, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
Kayyor Rao is Vice President, European Credit Sales and Trading for Knight
Libertas in London.
Mr. Rao joined Knight Libertas from UBS, where he worked in Investment
Grade sales with a focus on UK investment managers and banks. He began his
career at Dresdner Kleinwort in Investment Grade sales.
Kayyor has a bachelor of science in banking, finance and management from
Loughborough University.
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Justin Perry
Sales, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
Justin Perry is Director, European Credit Sales and Trading for Knight
Libertas in London.
Mr. Perry joined Knight Libertas from Lehman Brothers International Europe
where he was a Director in Fixed Income based in London and conducted sales
across High Grade, High Yield, Distressed, Loans Cash and CDS. Justin also
worked in Lehman's Investment Banking division in Debt Capital Markets
covering U.S. Corporate and UK financial issuers. He started his career at
Lehman in Emerging Markets Debt Origination.
Justin has a bachelor of science in business administration from the
University of North Carolina and a master of business administration from The
Anderson School at the University of California at Los Angeles.
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Andrew Carrie
Analyst, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
Andrew Carrie is Director and Senior Credit Desk Analyst, European Credit
Sales and Trading for Knight Libertas in London.
Prior to joining Knight Libertas, Mr. Carrie was a Partner and Senior
Credit Analyst at Cheyne Capital where he covered more than 150 companies
across the range of Investment Grade, Crossover and High Yield. Previously,
Andrew was a Senior Credit Analyst at Elgin Capital. Prior to that, he held
positions in credit research at Nomura International, Dresdner Kleinwort
Benson, where he was Head of Fixed Income Research, Luthy Baillie Dowsett
Pethick, and Confederation Life Insurance Company.
Andrew has a bachelor of science in mining engineering from the Royal
School of Mines, Imperial College. He is an Associate of the Society of
Investment Analysts which is now part of the CFA Institute.
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Geoff Capell
Operations Manager, European Credit Sales and Trading Team
Knight Libertas UK
Geoff Capell is Operations Manager, European Credit Sales and Trading
operations for Knight Libertas in London.
Mr. Capell joined Knight Libertas from UBS where he provided operational
support to fixed income sales and trading teams. Prior to that, Geoff
completed engagements at Credit Suisse, Royal Bank of Scotland, Citigroup and
Deutsche Bank involving fixed income trading and settlement. He also has
worked at Merrill Lynch, Zurich Re and Janson Green.
Geoff has a higher national diploma in business and finance from Anglia
Polytechnic University.
About Knight
Knight Capital Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: NITE) is a leading financial services
firm that provides electronic and voice access to the global capital markets
across multiple asset classes for buy-side, sell-side and corporate clients.
In Global Markets, we provide market access and trade execution services in
nearly every U.S. equity security and a large number of global equities and
fixed income, foreign exchange, futures and options. Our approach to trading
combines deep liquidity with robust trading technology and capital
facilitation, when necessary, to deliver high quality trade executions
consistent with client defined measures. Our Corporate segment invests in
strategic, financial services-oriented opportunities, allocates, deploys and
monitors all capital and maintains all corporate overhead expenses. Our Asset
Management segment is reported as a discontinued operation as of March 31,
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