HSBC hires Bunn to run securities finance for Americas
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HSBC hires Bunn to run securities finance for Americas 23 February 2023US Reporter: Carmella Haswell
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HSBC has appointed Greg Bunn as head of securities financing, Americas with immediate effect.
The move follows HSBC鈥檚 expansion of its prime finance business, which covers equities, foreign exchange, futures and repo globally.
Joining the bank鈥檚 New York office, Bunn brings more than 25 years of experience in the financial sector, holding a number of senior investment and hedge fund positions during his career.
He will lead securities finance for the Americas after heading institutional markets at Blockchain.com.
Prior to this, Bunn was global head of counterparty strategy and central funding at Citadel from 2019 to 2020.
He spent almost two decades with Deutsche Bank, taking on several senior roles including global co-head of prime finance and global head of financial resource management.
HSBC鈥檚 securities financing business offers multi-asset cash and synthetic financing solutions to fund managers who want to connect to the bank鈥檚 global prime finance platform.
The bank has seen a number of new senior hires including Ken Hon as head of prime finance for Asia and Jodi Damico as global head of client executives for hedge funds.
Commenting on the announcement, global head of prime finance at HSBC Loic Lebrun says: 鈥淲e are pleased that Greg has joined HSBC to lead the growth of our prime finance business in the US.
鈥淥ur US Arranged Financing platform enables US-domiciled fund managers to access the strength of HSBC鈥檚 balance sheet and high-quality credit rating, providing them with more options when choosing a prime broker to finance their global investment strategies.鈥�
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