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. --- 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. --- 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. ---
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. --- 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. ---
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. --- 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.
--- 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. --- 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. --- 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. --- 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. --- 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. --- 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. --- 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
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