Cowen Continues To Build Leading Cross-Asset Team With Four Significant Hires
23 Agosto 2022 - 1:30PM
Cowen Inc. (NASDAQ:COWN) (“Cowen” or the “Company”) today announced
four key additions to the firm’s global Cross-Asset Division. Eric
Friel has joined the firm as Managing Director & Head of Credit
Strategy, Charles Howard as Managing Director of Cross-Asset
Trading and Rob Karen and Pete Siedem both as Directors in
Cross-Asset Sales. All will report to Jay McDermott and Burt Welly,
Co-Heads of Cowen’s Cross-Asset Division, and Philip Cushman, Head
of Global Equity and Cross-Asset Sales.
“As we continue to enhance the suite of services and
capabilities our Cross-Asset team can deliver in order to further
capitalize on the strong opportunities we see in this space, we’re
excited to welcome these great hires to the team,” said Jay
McDermott. “Eric, Chuck, Rob and Pete not only bring a depth of
industry knowledge around high yield and distressed assets, but
also invaluable market relationships that will deliver immediate
benefits for our clients and the firm.”
Mr. Friel joins Cowen from UBS Securities Co., Ltd., where he
served as Head of High Yield & Distressed Research for four
years. Prior to that, he spent 10 years as a Partner at Stone Lion
L.P., a hedge fund specializing in distressed assets. He started
his career as a Distressed Analyst at Bear Stearns in 2002. Mr.
Friel holds a B.A. in Communications from Viginia Tech and an MBA
from Washington University in St. Louis.
Mr. Howard joins Cowen from R.W. Pressprich & Co., an
institutional fixed-income broker-dealer, where he spent four years
as Managing Director, Head of High-Yield and Distressed Fixed
Income. Before that, he spent two years as a Managing Director at
Seaport Global Holdings LLC and one year at Pali Capital as
Managing Director, Head of High-Yield and Leveraged Loans.
Previously, he spent just under seven years at RBC Capital Markets
where he most recently served as Managing Director, Head of
High-Yield Sales and Trading. He received his B.S. in Criminal
Justice from University of North Carolina at Charlotte and his MBA
from Monmouth University - Leon Hess Business School.
Mr. Karen joins Cowen from Natixis where he spent 11 years,
serving most recently as Managing Director in credit sales across
various fixed income products. Prior to that, he spent seven years
as Managing Director at Bear Stearns where he focused on Leveraged
Loan Sales as well as Loan Capital Markets. He also spent time on
the Loan Capital Markets teams at Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce and Bank of America. Mr. Karen received his B.S. in
Business Administration from The State University of New York at
Albany and his MBA from Columbia University.
Mr. Siedem joins Cowen from Mizuho Financial Group, where he
spent about a year as a High Yield Sales, Managing Director. During
the 28 years prior, most recently, he held Managing Director, High
Yield Credit Sales positions at Imperial Capital LLC and Nomura
Securities LLC. Prior to that, Mr, Siedem was a Managing Director
in the High Yield Sales and Trading group at J.P. Morgan from 2001
until 2016. Mr. Siedem also held officer positions at Lehman
Brothers LLC and Lazard Frerers and Co., LLC, where he began his
career in 1992. Siedem received his B.A. in Economics from Rollins
College.
About Cowen Inc. Cowen Inc. (“Cowen” or the
“Company”) is a diversified financial services firm that provides
investment banking, research, sales and trading, prime brokerage,
outsourced trading and commission management services. Cowen also
has an investment management division which offers actively managed
alternative investment products. Founded in 1918, the Company is
headquartered in New York and has offices worldwide. Learn more at
Cowen.com
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