People moves and key promotions in securitisation

This week’s roundup of securitisation job swaps sees Antares Capital hiring multiple senior executives, as it closes its debut broadly syndicated loan CLO. Elsewhere, Prosperise Capital has appointed PC2 Capital’s founder as partner and head of CRE following its acquisition of the firm, while S&P Global has promoted three securitisation execs to md in the Americas.

Antares Capital has made three senior hires in its New York-based liquid credit team, coinciding with the US$450m closing of its inaugural broadly syndicated loan CLO. The firm has hired Rob Davis and Amy Ecker as mds and Jonathan Rogers as vice president.

Davis left his role as md and senior investment analyst at Alcentra at the end of 2022 after 11 years with the manager and previously spent four years at Nomura Asset Management. Ecker joins five months after leaving HPS Investment Partners, where she spent 13 years. She was most recently an md and senior credit analyst focusing on leveraged finance in media and telecommunications. 

Rogers left his role as credit analyst at LoansIntel in April after a year with the business. He previously worked at Investcorp, Apex Credit Partners, CIT Group and UBS Investment Bank.

Meanwhile, CRE investment firm PC2 Capital has been incorporated into Prosperise Capital, with its founder and cio Pasquale Cardone appointed partner and head of CRE at Prosperise, based in Miami. Before founding PC2 in July 2020, Cardone was a CMBS trader at Citi and Wells Fargo in New York, among CMBS-related roles at other firms. The integration of PC2 marks the entry into the US market for Prosperise, which is expected to be an area of additional future growth for the firm.

Additionally, Prosperise has recruited Dirk Rothig and Walter Dolhare as partners, based in London and Charlotte, North Carolina, respectively. Rothig was formerly global head of treasury and capital markets at IKB Deutsche Industriebank, responsible for the bank’s conduit programme and investment book in CLOs and CDOs. Dolhare had a 25-year career at Wells Fargo, including serving as the co-head of the corporate and investment bank and the head of its markets businesses.

S&P Global has promoted two executives to md in its New York structured finance team. Ildiko Szilank has been elevated to md and head of esoteric securitisation and Frank Trick has been promoted to md and co-head of US ABS ratings. 

Szilank has been with S&P for 25 years and is promoted from the role of analytical manager and senior director. Trick joined the agency 22 years ago and is promoted from the role of senior director. He previously had stints at Vanderbilt Financial Services, New York Mortgage Company and Home Federal Savings Bank.

The agency has also elevated Leandro de Albuquerque to md and head of Latin America structured finance, based in its São Paulo office. He joined S&P 19 years ago and is promoted from senior director and analytical manager in the structured finance team.

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) chief development officer Christopher Edmonds is to take over from Amanda Hindlian as head of the group’s fixed income and data services business segment. He will move to ICE’s head office in Atlanta after being with the business since 2010 and previously worked at International Derivatives Clearing Group and ICAP. 

ICE is also promoting its chief regulatory officer and sustainable finance president Elizabeth King to head of its clearing operations. The development comes a month after ICE announced a joint venture with DeltaTerra Capital to provide climate-adjusted credit risk analytics for CMBS and RMBS (SCI 21 September).

Alan McNamara is to join Howden CAP as executive director, balance sheet advisory and structuring, with a particular focus on portfolio solutions and significant risk transfer transactions (SCI 26 October). He will be based in Dublin and will commence his employment at Howden once his contractual obligations to his present employer are discharged at the end of 2023.

McNamara was previously at the Bank of Ireland, most recently as head of group balance sheet management and execution, responsible for the bank’s extensive SRT programme.

Rémi Kireche has joined AFME as director of advocacy from political risk consulting firm Flint Global. He will be based in Brussels and work on AFME’s advocacy on capital markets union, with a particular focus on securitisation, equity capital markets, post-trade and sustainable finance. Kireche leaves his position as associate director at Flint Global after just nine months and previously spent five and a half years working at the European Commission on financial-institution-related policy. 

Brazilian asset manager Theocta Capital has appointed Eleven Financial Research’s Vivian Satie as partner in its alternatives and structured finance team, working out of São Paulo. Satie leaves her role as head of alternatives and structured finance at Eleven Financial after two and a half years with the firm. She previously worked at Itaú BBA and SAP.

Commercial real estate debt and structured finance manager Scope Capital Group has appointed Angelo Vitale as vice president. Vitale joins the firm from SitusAMC, leaving his position as vice president after two years with the firm. He previously worked at Fitch Ratings, Colliers, Realogy, Rialto Capital and CBRE.

Hayfin Capital Management has expanded its liquid credit team through the appointment of Peter Swanson as senior portfolio manager and head of US high-yield and syndicated loans. Based in New York, Swanson joins Hayfin from Intermediate Capital Group, where he served as a portfolio manager and a senior trader investing in syndicated loans and high-yield bonds in CLO and long-only formats. Prior to this, he was a trader at BMO, working on the leveraged finance distribution and trading team.

TotalEnergies has promoted Michael Doherty to head of structured finance. Doherty is based in Brisbane, Queensland, and is promoted from senior business manager after a year and a half with the business. He previously worked at MUFG and SunEdison, as well as having various periods as a freelance consultant.

Loomis Sayles has recruited Keyur Vyas as senior CLO research and investment analyst, based in Boston. He was previously lead CLO strategy and research analyst at Barclays, which he joined in February 2022. Before that, he worked at Deutsche Bank, Moody’s and Credit Suisse in CLO-related roles.

And finally, former Société Générale executive Gustavo Almeida has joined China Construction Bank as structured finance manager, based in its London office. Almeida left Société Générale in 2021 after seven years with the group. He previously worked at Portuguese bank Montepio.