Todd Markin joined the Brock Capital Group as a managing director in the firm’s new Charleston, SC office.

Markin has expertise in private lending and bridge financing and has been very actively involved in the Charleston commercial real estate market.

Prior to joining Brock Capital Group, he spent 16 years in New York as an executive director at Morgan Stanley within the Fixed Income Currency and Commodities division. In addition to building fundamental proprietary risk positions across corporate capital structures, Markin advised global asset managers, insurance companies and hedge funds on both macro and sector specific market views and opportunities. After leaving Morgan Stanley, he co-founded Coast Capital Partners.

“We are delighted that Todd has joined the firm as a managing director and that he will be leading business out of the new Brock Capital Charleston office,” said Charles Brock, the firm’s chairman and CEO.

Brock Capital Group is a full-service investment bank organized in 2002 to provide clients with strategic advice and implementation assistance.