Cantor Fitzgerald adds Simmons, Mortensen to credit fixed-income team

By Tali David

Minneapolis, Nov. 19 - Cantor Fitzgerald Europe announced the expansion of its European credit fixed-income sales and trading business with the appointment of Sara Simmons and Per Mortensen as managing directors based in London, according to a press release.

Simmons will focus on sales for investment-grade, emerging markets, high-yield and bank capital products in Benelux, Austria and Switzerland, while Mortensen will focus on sales of investment-grade and high-yield products in Scandinavia and Germany.

Simmons joins Cantor from Mizuho Financial Group, where she was director of European credit sales for the Benelux region. Before that, she was head of European secondary loan trading and sales at J.P. Morgan.

Mortensen joins Cantor from Piper Jaffray Ltd., where he was principal and head of fixed-income sales in London. He previously worked in fixed-income sales at SEB in London.

"We are pleased and excited to welcome Sara and Per, two highly respected and connected professionals to the team," CEO Shawn P. Matthews said in the release.

"Their deep product knowledge and expertise demonstrates our commitment to attracting the brightest talent and continued goal of building our global distribution platform in London."

Cantor Fitzgerald is a New York-based financial services firm.

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