Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW) has hired two new members to the agency securities lending team in New York.
Martha Hamel joins the Liability Trading Desk as an associate and will focus primarily on Fixed Income lending. She joins DrKW from State Street Boston, where for the last four years her responsibilities included lending US Corporate bonds as well as US Treasury, and Agency debt. At DrKW, Hamel will report to Anthony Toscano, director and head of Agency Lending Fixed Income/Equity Trading.
Amy Agresta joins the Agency Securities Lending team as an associate. She will be responsible for Client Service and Marketing support and will report to Peter Bassler, director, Marketing Client Services, and Joseph Santoro, director, Marketing Client Services. Prior to DrKW, Agresta was with Allianz Global Investors, where she spent three years participating in the development and marketing of asset management business to institutional clients.
“We are very pleased that Martha and Amy have joined our team and I am confident that both will thrive in our business model,” said Tim Smollen, global head of Agency Lending. “Our business in the U.S. continues to grow rapidly, especially with a number of extremely large balanced funds in the Pension Fund and Money Manager sector.”