Merlin has hired Brian V.S. McKenna as a partner, with the goal to enhance Merlin Institutional Groups sales efforts to large hedge funds and money managers in New York and the Northeast region.
Brians addition allows us to further expand the Merlin Institutional Group and broadens our ability to provide hedge fund clients with differentiated investment ideas and high-quality execution, says Stephan Vermut, founder and managing partner of Merlin. Brian is well recognized within the institutional investment community, and I am very pleased to welcome him to Merlin.
Before joining MIG, McKenna was a senior managing director and global relationship manager for independent financial advisory group Collins Stewart Hawkpoint, where he covered relationships with major financial institutions. He was also responsible for investment banking development, analyst recruiting and business development. Before Collins Stewart, McKenna served as a managing director for investment firm William Blair & Co., where he established both the Boston and New York offices.
MIG was established in April 2009 to provide original equity research, corporate access, trading ideas and execution to medium and large hedge funds. McKenna joins MIGs team of existing partners, Jesse Cole, Jason Mallor and Jim Magill.
Merlin is one of the most well-respected brands in the prime brokerage services arena, and since 2009, the firm has built upon that success with a complementary and thriving institutional research, sales and trading effort, says McKenna. I look forward to becoming part of such an innovative company and continuing the growth of this division of the firm.
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