Nomura Strengthens High Yield Research Team with Key Hires
London, 4 February 2010 – Nomura, the global investment bank, today announces the hires of Ronan Clarke as head of High Yield Credit Research for Europe, the Middle East and Africa and Karine Elias as senior high yield analyst.
Ronan will be based in London and has 10 years of experience in high yield research having held similar management roles at UBS and most recently Royal Bank of Scotland. Prior to this he was an industrials analyst at JPMorgan for four years.
In addition, Nomura has also hired Karine Elias as a senior high yield analyst who joins the firm from MF Global and has seven years of experience in high yield credit research with Royal Bank of Scotland, UBS and Morgan Stanley. Karine will cover retail/consumer and gaming credits.
"Ronan's hire demonstrates Nomura's commitment to its content-driven high yield franchise," said Peter Duenas, head of European Flow Credit. "We are very excited with the shape the team is taking and look forward to developing even deeper relationships with European high yield investors."
Nomura expects to continue growing its high yield platform to respond to increasing demand in the sector over the coming years. Further to this, the firm is committed to building a truly global, top-tier fixed income franchise which achieves top-five status in its core international markets and continues its strong position in Japan.
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