Mizuho Securities adds Jon Bass to lead fixed-income high-yield sales

By Ashley Montgomery

Kansas City, Kan., April 19 - Mizuho Securities USA has hired Jon Bass to be head of high-yield sales in its fixed-income division, according to a news release.

Bass is tasked with strengthening the company's high-yield sales business.

Bass comes to Mizuho Securities from MF Global, where he was global head of distribution. He has previous financial sales experience from his work with BTIG and UBS.

"Adding Jon Bass as head of high yield sales, together with the targeted investments that we continue to make to our strategically growing credit business, is another clear sign of our ongoing commitment to providing clients with access to diversified funding sources and unmatched sales and trading coverage across all asset classes," said John Koudounis, Mizuho Securities president and chief executive officer in a news release.

Mizuho Securities is a New York-based broker-dealer under the Mizuho Financial Group.

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