FIG Partners Expands Trading Team
Former KBW Trader Alex Krasutsky Joins FIG
ATLANTA, Dec. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- FIG Partners, one of the nation's premier investment banking and research firms specializing in community banks, today announced that Alex Krasutsky, III has joined the firm as Senior Trader.
Krasutsky has more than 25 years of trading experience and has worked for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, ConvergEX, Tucker Anthony, Merrill Lynch and the New York Stock Exchange.
"Alex Krasutsky is a highly skilled trader with an outstanding reputation among banks and buyside institutions," said Geoffrey Hodgson, CEO and Senior Managing Principal of FIG Partners. "Alex's expertise deepens the strength of our trading desk and will help FIG meet the accelerating demand for its services."
Krasutsky is the third senior trader to join the FIG team in the past three months. In September, senior traders Tim Padala and David Alexander joined the firm's trading desk. With these three senior appointments, FIG now serves as market maker for more than 1,000 community bank stocks and further expands its buyside coverage.
Before joining FIG Partners, Krasutsky was Senior Vice President, Sales and Trading at ConvergEX in New York City. He also worked for Keefe, Bruyette & Woods for 12 years as Senior Vice President, Sales Trading and was a Sales Trader at Tucker Anthony. He began his career as a clerk and floor broker at the New York Stock Exchange and Merrill Lynch.
About FIG Partners
FIG Partners LLC is one of the nation's premier investment banking and research firms specializing in community banks. Founded in 2003, FIG's award-winning research team follows more than 200 bank stocks in the U.S. The firm's investment banking unit has raised more than $2 billion in equity and advised on more than $8 billion in M&A since 2007. FIG's trading and sales team serves as market maker for more than 1,000 bank stocks and has relationships with 400 institutional investors. FIG's fixed-income unit offers a full range of trading, advisory and valuation services. Headquartered in Atlanta, FIG has offices in Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Jersey and Raleigh, North Carolina. For more information, call 404.601.7200 or visit www.figpartners.com.
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