Susquehanna Financial Group Hires Marc Pinto as Head of Corporate Bond Strategy

BALA CYNWYD, Pa., Sept. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP (SFG), the institutional broker-dealer member of the Susquehanna International Group of Companies (SIG), announced today that Marc Pinto has joined the firm as the Head of Corporate Bond Strategy for the Fixed Income business group. Mr. Pinto joins Wen-Fu Wu and Satyam Mallick on the Fixed Income Strategy team. He will focus on the Financials sector and is based out of SFG's New York office.

"We are excited about adding Marc to lead the Strategy team and the contributions he will make toward our expanding business in the U.S. Fixed Income markets," stated Frank Gilroy, SFG's Head of Fixed Income Sales, Trading and Strategy. "We are continually enhancing our already active liquidity efforts in the fixed income market and look forward to making additional high caliber new hire announcements in the coming weeks. Our goal is to create a dependable and durable relationship with our customer base. Adding high caliber individuals brings us closer to our goal by offering our clients access to a wider array of markets and ideas."

Mr. Pinto joins SFG with over 20 years experience in the fixed income credit markets. Prior to joining SFG, Mr. Pinto was a ranked sell-side financial institutions analyst and credit research manager for nearly a decade at Merrill Lynch in both New York and London. He also worked on the buy-side as a co-portfolio manager of the KBW Credit Opportunity Fund at an affiliate of Keefe, Bruyette & Woods. Most recently, he was the Group Credit Policy Officer at Moody's Investors Service. Mr. Pinto holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and he is also a chartered financial analyst.

Building upon its best-in-class derivative platform, SFG continues to strategically seek select top-tier industry professionals with diverse backgrounds to round out a robust institutional client debt franchise.

About Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP

Susquehanna Financial Group, LLLP (SFG), a member of the Susquehanna International Group of Companies (SIG), is an innovator in global finance, servicing the needs of clients worldwide in the areas of sales, fundamental research, and market intelligence. Building upon SIG's command of the options marketplace and its quantitative trading capabilities, SFG has cultivated a robust service offering that provides liquidity, industry-leading insights, and execution services. SIG employs approximately 1,500 individuals located in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. For additional information, please visit www.sig.com.

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