BMO Capital Markets has announced senior hires in an effort to build the firm's US prime brokerage business.
Thomas Guagliardo and Robert Luzzo have joined the firm’s New York office as managing directors, where they will report to Robert Yeung, head of global equities and financing solutions.
Guagliardo will co-head global prime finance with Jordan Lupu, bringing two decades of experience to the role.
He previously spent 23 years at BNP Paribas as global head of prime finance sales trading, based in France.
Luzzo will head global prime sales after a 22 year career with BNP Paribas, where he was head of client service and relationship management, Americas.
BMO Capital Markets has operated a prime brokerage business in Canada for more than 10 years. The company says the addition of US capabilities supports a North American solution for its global clients.
