Dinosaur Group Holdings selects Rahman to head GCCS
02 January 2025 US
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Dinosaur Group Holdings has appointed Robert Rahman as the global head of the newly created Global Corporate Credit 麻豆传媒 (GCCS) market unit in the US, Europe, and Asia.
The GCCS aims to provide clients with an alternative to the 鈥渂ulge bracket鈥 that will deliver execution capabilities in a difficult liquidity backdrop.
In his new role, Rahman will oversee the sales, trading, and research business globally for corporate investment grade, high yield, private credit, and other aspects within the new unit.
He joins from Oppenheimer and Co where he worked for the last 16 years 鈥 most recently as the head of high yield, distressed and loans within the firm鈥檚 capital markets division.
Rahman was previously a senior member of Morgan Stanley's high yield sales team.
He started his career as a credit analyst within Salmon Brothers鈥 Corporate Bond Research team, and at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette's Leveraged Finance Research team.
Announcing his appointment, Glenn Grossman, CEO of Dinosaur Group, comments: 鈥淩obert's deep client and issuer relationships, along with his previous success in leading and building global credit teams, will help the group to provide institutional clients with an additional liquidity platform for one-stop credit trading across the world. We are very excited to see the new business grow under his leadership.鈥
Speaking about his plans for the new business, Rahman says: 鈥淢y focus will be to provide institutional investors with an enhanced global liquidity platform for the US, European, and Asian markets.鈥
He continues: 鈥淪ourcing trading block paper is nuanced and requires deep and long-standing client relationships from the trader, analyst, portfolio manager and chief investment officer level. The new team will look to gain fixed income clients' trust, add value, and provide liquidity while so many competitors retrench."
The GCCS aims to provide clients with an alternative to the 鈥渂ulge bracket鈥 that will deliver execution capabilities in a difficult liquidity backdrop.
In his new role, Rahman will oversee the sales, trading, and research business globally for corporate investment grade, high yield, private credit, and other aspects within the new unit.
He joins from Oppenheimer and Co where he worked for the last 16 years 鈥 most recently as the head of high yield, distressed and loans within the firm鈥檚 capital markets division.
Rahman was previously a senior member of Morgan Stanley's high yield sales team.
He started his career as a credit analyst within Salmon Brothers鈥 Corporate Bond Research team, and at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette's Leveraged Finance Research team.
Announcing his appointment, Glenn Grossman, CEO of Dinosaur Group, comments: 鈥淩obert's deep client and issuer relationships, along with his previous success in leading and building global credit teams, will help the group to provide institutional clients with an additional liquidity platform for one-stop credit trading across the world. We are very excited to see the new business grow under his leadership.鈥
Speaking about his plans for the new business, Rahman says: 鈥淢y focus will be to provide institutional investors with an enhanced global liquidity platform for the US, European, and Asian markets.鈥
He continues: 鈥淪ourcing trading block paper is nuanced and requires deep and long-standing client relationships from the trader, analyst, portfolio manager and chief investment officer level. The new team will look to gain fixed income clients' trust, add value, and provide liquidity while so many competitors retrench."
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