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FGIC hires Jacquot for London position

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FGIChired Thomas Jacquot as a vice president in its London-based structured finance group, reporting to Managing Director Rick Watson. In his new role Jacquot will focus on the marketing and execution of a variety of financial guarantee and credit derivative products, with an emphasis on whole business and corporate securitizations, utilities and CMBS. Jacquot joins from Ambac Assurance UK Ltd., where he concentrated on the origination and execution of structured finance transactions.

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