BMO Capital Markets expands fixed-income business with four hires

By Toni Weeks

San Diego, May 13 - BMO Capital Markets has expanded its global fixed-income business with the addition of Kathy Evers, Roy Hingston, Milton McNichol Jr. and David Blinder, according to a press release.

Evers, who joins the firm as managing director and head of municipal credit analytics in the New York office, brings to BMO more than 20 years of credit experience with a focus on revenue-backed municipal bonds and high-profile issuers. Trained at Moody's Investors Service, Evers' past employers include Financial Guaranty Insurance Co., Assured Guaranty, Merrill Lynch and Dexia Credit Local.

Hingston has been hired as director, senior balance sheet strategist in the Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., office, where he will be responsible for reviewing bank, thrift and credit union balance sheets and developing investment strategies within the banking industry. Hingston spent 35 years working with community-based financial institutions and is the author of "Creating the Perfect Portfolio for Your Financial Institution" as well as an extensive series of articles for Community Banker Magazine.

McNichol joins the firm's fixed-income group as U.S. government securities sales director in the London office and will focus on expanding BMO's distribution with banks, hedge funds and central banks across Europe. Prior to joining BMO, he held positions at Arbor Research and Trading, Nomura, Credit Suisse First Boston and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette.

With over 25 years experience in sales focusing on fixed-income and U.S. government securities, Blinder joins the fixed-income group as U.S. government securities sales director in the Houston office and will cover bank portfolios and state and local government entities across the southeast United States. He joins BMO from Cantor Fitzgerald and also worked at Bear Stearns & Co., Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch.

BMO Capital Markets has also opened sales locations in Midland, Mich., and Pittsburgh, the press release said.

"Increasingly, our clients are looking to us to provide them with services, strategies and products on a global basis," Charlie Piermarini, executive managing director and head of debt products, said in the release. "These new hires will be integral to helping us expand our U.S. fixed-income platform globally."

BMO Capital is the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial group based in Toronto.

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