Cantor Fitzgerald Adds Seasoned Professionals, William Nichols And Salvatore Catrini To Its Growing Equities Group
New York, NY – January 25, 2010 – Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., a leading global financial services provider to the institutional equity and fixed-income markets, today announced that it is further strengthening its Equities Group by adding William Nichols, Head of U.S. Trading and Salvatore Catrini, Managing Director, U.S. Equity Product Manager to its growing equity capital markets team.
Mr. Nichols joins the firm to establish and build Cantor Fitzgerald’s trading business and will be responsible for Trading across the U.S. while Mr. Catrini will develop the firm’s buy-side equities platform.
“Providing superior service to our clients is Cantor’s foremost focus and our unwavering mission. Based on dialogue with many clients, we are extremely confident that broadening our equity market sales and trading capability is a responsive, value-added step to strengthening our ability to meet clients’ needs in today’s demanding marketplace”, said Ken Savio, Global Head of Equities for Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. “I am delighted to have talented professionals of Sal’s and Bill’s experience on our team as we continue to expand our business into new product areas,” Mr. Savio added.
Mr. Nichols joins Cantor from Pali Capital where he was Managing Director and Head of Trading for the Developing Economies Group. Previously he was with Bear Stearns and Credit Suisse First Boston in similar roles. Mr. Nichols is a 20 year Wall Street veteran with a bachelors degree in Economics from Yale University.
Mr. Catrini previously was a Product Manager at Cowen and Co. where he created “Tech Radar,” an innovative daily report that highlighted tradable news in the technology space. Earlier he was with Bear Stearns where he authored “Early Look at the Market,” which garnered over 10,000 followers. Mr. Catrini holds a Bachelor of Science from Binghamton University and an MBA in Finance from Fordham University.
About Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald, a leading global financial services firm at the forefront of financial and technological innovation, has been a proven and resilient leader for over 60 years. The Cantor Fitzgerald franchise includes capital markets, sales and trading, investment banking, real estate private equity, and other businesses and ventures. Cantor Fitzgerald is one of 18 primary dealers authorized to trade U.S. government securities with The Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
A recognized leader in the global third market, Cantor’s equities sales and trading professionals provide solutions that address clients’ requirements for execution, return optimization and risk management, offering services in domestic and international equities, derivatives, convertibles and structured products, stock loan, and contracts for differences, as well as research.
A world-class dealer across a broad spectrum of fixed income products, Cantor offers services in repo and securities lending, mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities, corporate bonds, interest rate products, agencies, SBA securities and structured products, as well as fixed income rates strategy.
Cantor’s investment banking division focuses on providing capital raising and advisory services to growth-oriented companies. The group’s structuring and distribution capability is focused on addressing innovative solutions to complex issues and challenges for clients across the globe.
Cantor Fitzgerald’s 1,400 employees serve clients through 36 locations, including major financial centers around the world in the Americas, Europe, Asia/Pacific, and the Middle East.
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