KGS-Alpha to begin trading agency debt for institutional investors

By Susanna Moon

Chicago, Aug. 19 - Arsenal Capital Partners said it formed a partnership with fixed-income industry veterans Levent Kahraman and Dan Goldman to launch KGS-Alpha Capital Markets LP, a New York-based institutional fixed-income broker-dealer on agency debt securities in addition to mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities.

The chief executive officer is Levent Kahraman and the president is Daniel Goldman.

Kahraman's experience includes 15 years at Salomon Brothers/Citigroup and Barclays, where he focused on trading agency mortgage-backed securities. At Barclays, he was instrumental in advancing the firm to a top position in global agency mortgage-backed securities, according to an Arsenal press release.

Goldman brings 25 years' experience at Salomon Brothers/Citigroup, where he was head of North American fixed-income sales and co-head of U.S. rates.

KGS-Alpha is focused on delivering mortgage-backed, asset-backed and agency debt securities trading and product structuring services to the institutional market.

Kahraman said KGS-Alpha will focus on executing transactions for its customers, not proprietary trading.

Arsenal Capital is a New York-based private equity firm.

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