STAMFORD, Conn., March 15, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mischler Financial Group (“MFG”), the veteran-owned boutique investment bank and institutional brokerage announced the further expansion of the firm’s agency-only equities execution team with the hire of two additional global trade execution specialists. With the new hires, minority-certified Mischler now boasts ten dedicated equities trading professionals specializing in US Domestic and International Equities.
The new members of the Mischler equities trading desk team include Matthew Horan, a 15-year industry veteran who joins from global investment bank Goldman Sachs, where he was VP International Equity Sales/Trading. Based in Goldman’s Taipei office for the last 3 years, Horan covers long-only and hedge fund accounts in the U.S., Hong Kong, and Singapore. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Horan was Senior Vice President Equity Sales/Trading for BNP Paribas Securities. Earlier in his career, Mr. Horan was the Pan Asia Equity Trader for The Boston Company Asset Management, one of the industry’s leading fund management firms. Also joining Mischler is John Barone, a 25-year US equities trading market veteran who was previously Head of Equity Sales/Trading for agency brokerage Cheevers & Co. and prior he was a Principal and Head of Equity Trading at William Blair & Company. Barone has served as President of the Security Traders Association of Chicago and on the Board of Governors of the National Security Trader Association.
Matthew Horan will be based in Mischler’s Boston office, where the firm’s international equities execution team is overseen by Managing Director Larry Peruzzi. Mr. Barone will operate from Mischler’s Chicago trading desk and work with the firm’s Midwest area institutional clients.
Dean Chamberlain, Chief Executive of Mischler Financial Group stated, “We’re very happy to add two more formidable veterans to our global equities execution platform. Both Matt Horan and John Barone are uniquely talented equities execution specialists with long-standing relationships and deep fluency in high-tech and high-touch execution.” Added Chamberlain, “Of greater importance, the institutional clients that Matt and John have worked with over several decades can now benefit from a bespoke approach that delivers true best execution in both US domestic and international equities to the industry’s most demanding investment managers.”
About Mischler Financial Group
Established in 1994, Mischler Financial Group, Inc. (“Mischler”) is FINRA’s oldest minority firm owned and operated by military veterans. A federally certified Service Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise (SDVBE), Mischler is headquartered in Newport Beach, CA and operates 10 regional offices in major cities throughout the United States. Mischler clients include leading institutional fund managers, Fortune corporate treasurers, public plan sponsors, endowments, and foundations. Mischler specializes in primary debt and equity capital markets, provides corporate share repurchase services and agency-only best execution within the global equities and fixed income markets. In addition to new-issue underwriting and syndication, Mischler provides asset management for liquid and alternative investment strategies. The firm’s website is located at http://mischlerfinancial.com
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