SMBC Nikko Securities America, a member of SMBC Group, appointed Steven Feinberg head of credit for the fixed income sales and trading group, which is based in New York. Feinberg joined SMBC from MUFG.
SMBC Nikko Securities America hired Allen Jordan as an executive director focused on U.S. equity sales trading, Marc Rosa as an executive director and specialist in international equity sales trading and Ted Langworthy as an executive director and head of the firm’s equity finance team.
Raffi Dawson joined SMBC Nikko Securities America as managing director and head of the firm’s structured finance group. In this new role, Dawson will be responsible for overseeing the firm’s securitization businesses.
Tom Bausano joined SMBC Nikko Securities America as managing director and co-head of debt capital markets and debt syndicate. Bausano joined SMBC Nikko Securities America from Mizuho.
Paul Spivack joined SMBC Nikko Securities America, a member of SMBC Group, as managing director and deputy head of capital markets. Spivack joined SMBC Nikko Securities America from Morgan Stanley, where he spent the past 17 years.
Bruce Mulder joined SMBC Nikko Securities America’s fixed income sales and trading group as a managing director and head of structured products sales. In this role, Mulder will oversee the structured credit products sales team.
Scott Ashby joined SMBC Nikko Securities America, a member of SMBC Group, as managing director, head of capital markets and investment banking and senior deputy president. Ashby joined the firm from Morgan Stanley, where he spent the past 24 years.
Andrew Bauch joined the U.S. equities research team at SMBC Nikko Securities America, a member of SMBC Group, as a director and senior research analyst covering the payments, processors and financial technology sector.
SMBC Nikko Securities America, a member of SMBC Group, added J.T. Cacciabaudo to the firm as head of the equity execution services group.
Boston Scientific amended its credit agreement, increasing aggregate commitments to $400 million and extending the agreement. Wells Fargo served as administrative agent.