Brean Capital has made four hires in equity trading in recent months. First, the New York-based boutique investment bank brought on Roberto Friedlander as head of equity trading. Friedlander was previously a director of equity trading at Lazard Capital Markets for four-and-a-half years. Brean also hired three sales traders: John Ratkoski, Stephen Murphy, and Sadler Ramsdell. Ratkoski, based in New York, was previously a sales trader with Rochdale Securities in Red Bank, N.J. Murphy, based in Boston, was a sales trader at Nomura Securities. His hire follows by one month the departure of sales trader Michael Comerford from Brean’s Boston office. Sadler Ramsdell will cover the mid-Atlantic region for Brean. He was previously with Credit Suisse Securities for nearly 25 years.
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Steve Belge joined Macquarie Securities in its Boston office as a sales trader. Belge was previously a sales trader at Barclays Capital.
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Raymond Gentile joined Maxim Group as a vice president with responsibility for equity derivatives sales and trading. Gentile has held similar positions in the past few years at Tejas Securities and TJM Investments.
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Larry Cromidas joined Lek Securities as a sales trader. Cromidas held similar positions in the past few years at Maxim Group and Rodman & Renshaw.
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Erik Johnson joined Esposito Securities in Dallas as a sales trader. Johnson was previously a sales trader with B. Riley Caris in San Francisco.
