Head of EMEA Institutional Sales & Trading London

The Opportunity

Mesirow is an independent, employee-owned financial services firm founded in 1937. Headquartered in Chicago, with offices around the world, we serve clients through a personal, custom approach to reaching financial goals and acting as a force for social good. With capabilities spanning Private Capital & Currency, Capital Markets & Investment Banking, and Advisory Services, we invest in what matters: our clients, our communities and our culture. We are proud of our employee-owned culture, built on collaboration and shared success, empowering our professionals to develop meaningful relationships, pursue growth opportunities and make a lasting impact for our clients and communities. Mesirow has been named one of the Best Places to Work in Chicago by Crain’s Chicago Business multiple times and is one of Barron’s Top 100 RIA firms.

We are actively recruiting for an experienced salesperson or trader to lead our EMEA Institutional Sales & Trading business.

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of revenue generation combined with well-established institutional relationships across EMEA. We are seeking an individual with extensive experience distributing secondary market credit products across investment grade, high yield, emerging market and special situations credit markets.  There will also be an opportunity to support and execute banking transactions.

Responsibilities

• Lead Mesirow's EMEA Institutional Sales & Trading business from London.
• Develop and grow relationships with asset managers, hedge funds, pension funds, insurers, banks and other institutional investors across EMEA.
• Distribute secondary market bonds and credit products to institutional investors.
• Generate revenues across investment grade, high yield, emerging market and special situations credit markets.
• Work closely with trading colleagues to source liquidity and execute transactions across global credit markets.
• Develop and communicate actionable trade ideas, relative value opportunities and market intelligence to institutional clients.
• Identify opportunities arising from liability management exercises, restructurings, M&A-related flows, rating events and broader market dislocations.
• Expand Mesirow's institutional client franchise across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
• Support the continued growth of the firm's global Institutional Sales & Trading platform.

Requirements

• Minimum 12 years' experience within institutional fixed income sales and trading.
• Background in banking is preferred.
• Established relationships across asset managers, hedge funds, pension funds, insurers, banks and other institutional investors throughout EMEA.
• Demonstrated track record distributing secondary market credit products to institutional investors.
• Proven ability to generate and grow revenues across investment grade, high yield, emerging market and special situations credit markets.
• Experience covering institutional investors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
• Ability to develop and expand a business within an established global platform.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience.

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