Two Former Mizuho Heads Join Guggenheim for CDOs

Published March 10, 2008 12:00 AM EDT 1 Min Read

As reported last week by ASR, Alexander Rekeda has joined Guggenheim Capital Markets CDO team. Also joining Guggenheim is Paolo Torti, who will lead a team based in New York along with Rekeda. Both were named managing directors and will report to Ron Iervolino. As mentioned in the previous ASR report, prior to joining GCM, Rekeda managed the structured credits products platform at Mizuho Securities. Torti also joins GCM from Mizuho Securities where he worked as the head of structured credit trading. Torti also previously held senior positions at Calyon and HSBC Bank.

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