EFX Prime Services Announces Hedge Fund Team

NEW YORK, March 17 /PRNewswire/ -- EFX Prime Services, a division of First New York Securities, today announced its hedge fund client service team.  The experienced team is comprised of operations and trading experts from First New York Securities and new hires that complete the EFX Prime service offering.

Mario Maugeri, Managing Director of Operations commented, "Our operations team supports global trading strategies across all asset classes.  We look forward to offering our expertise to the benefit of our hedge fund clients."

"We launch EFX Prime Services with one of the most experienced teams in the industry and a comprehensive offering of trading, prime brokerage and capital introduction," commented Brian Stutman, Managing Director and head of EFX Prime Services. "EFX Prime Services' distinct competitive advantage is the strong support we receive from First New York Securities.  We are building on its proven, world-class infrastructure."

The EFX Prime Services team includes:

Mario Maugeri – Director of Operations: Joined First New York in 1995. Mr. Maugeri oversees operations and manages relationships with all clearing firms.

Glen Mauriello – Manager Domestic Operations: Joined First New York in 2007.  Mr. Mauriello has 22 years experience most recently as Director of Clearing Operations at LaBranche Financial Services Inc.  

Peter Lombardo – Operations Specialist: Joined First New York in 2000. Mr. Lombardo oversees managed accounts and all external allocations via EFX Capital.

Nick Mancuso – Operations Specialist: Joined First New York in 2008. Mr. Mancuso has 16 years of experience in operations and trade support.

Electronic Trading/Direct Market Access (DMA):

Brandt Mandia – Managing Director: Joined First New York in 2008 with the acquisition of Spartan Technologies. Mandia oversees EFXtrade, EFX Prime's proprietary DMA platform. Mr. Mandia has over 15 years of brokerage and trading experience.

Sal Martorano – Managing Director: Joined First New York in 2008 with the acquisition of Spartan Technologies. Mr. Martorano oversees EFXtrade, EFX Prime's proprietary DMA platform. Martorano has over 15 years of brokerage and trading experience.

Joe Aquino – Trade Support: Joined First New York in 1993 and has 17 years of operational and electronic trading experience.

Client Service:

Geoffrey Webster – Director: Joined EFX Prime in 2010 with over 10 years of institutional sales and trading experience including roles at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs.

Christine Nastro – Director: Joined First New York in 2008 from Spartan Technologies. Ms. Nastro has over 15 years experience in the brokerage and trading industries.

Capital Introduction:

Andrew Saunders – Director: Andrew Saunders joined EFX Prime in 2010 and heads the marketing and capital introduction effort. In this role, he identifies appropriate hedge fund managers for allocation from EFX Capital.

About EFX Prime Services:

EFX Prime Services offers prime brokerage services, comprehensive trading solutions and capital introduction to single and multi-primed funds.  EFX Capital directs external allocations to hedge funds through managed accounts. EFX Prime Services has a presence in New York and Florida.

EFX Prime Services and EFX Capital are divisions of First New York Securities, a premier trading firm headquartered in New York City. First New York deploys global strategies across all asset classes.  

For further information: http://www.efxprime.com.

SOURCE EFX Prime Services