Peter Hickey Email & Phone Number

New York City Metropolitan Area

Brought in to co-create and develop the firm’s Emerging Markets strategic plan. Responsible for all LATAM Credits with a focus on higher yielding credits (i.e., Argentina, Venezuela, and distressed Corporates).• Built sustainable relationships with cross functional partners and global clients to build consensus and buy-in• Implemented the trading desk’s operations, business plan, and success metrics• Introduced multiple new products to encompass all LATAM Credits with a focus on higher yielding credits• Expanding the firm’s outreach strategy to include crossover High Yield accounts• Cultivated a global client base with the goal of expanding the firm’s outreach into crossover High Yield accounts

New York City Metropolitan Area

Joined small boutique firm with responsibilities for expanding and growing LATAM business.• Expanded the firm’s emerging markets reach into other business units by building strong relationships with senior leaders from High Yield and High Grade• Created and implemented a communications strategy between departments to build business value, improve actionable information exchange, and create transparency and alignment• Increased trading responsibility to encompass the entire LATAM Credit universe, including all corporate and sovereign credits listed in global indices• Sourced and placed a 500mm+ structured note from a strategic seller into an alternative asset manager, which expanded the firm’s trading strategies into distressed asset capital markets

New York City Metropolitan Area

Tapped as Head Trader on one of the top three Emerging Markets trading desks during the Global Financial crisis meltdown.• Implemented transformational risk strategy to manage positions around VAR (value at risk) and cost-of-capital charges linking back to individual traders’ books• Provided ongoing leadership and guidance to the department by interacting daily with cross functional leadership teams and working closely with a global institutional customer base• Established processes, procedures and risk management strategies for integrating new sources of order flow to maintain the firm’s position on emerging industry shifts to ETFs, various high-volume retail and hedge funds• Managed large positions for the firm while maintaining solid risk management principles, and was solely responsible for all LATAM Sovereign Credits including cash, CDS and CDX products.• Interacted daily with global customer base including dedicated Emerging Markets institutions, pensions and hedge funds, as well as large retail accounts and ETF market makers

New York City Metropolitan Area

Recruited to Head of Latin American Flow Trading during a period of major social change and political instability in Latin America, specializing in Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela, and CDX.• Mentored and trained a team of junior professionals to optimize performance, profitability and risk mitigation• Translated technical information to clients, identified and communicated market pressure and opportunities, and leveraged industry relationships with liquidity providers to create block trading opportunities for clients• Researched markets, news, and opinions closely to gather, share and utilize actionable insights

New York City Metropolitan Area

Promoted to Senior trader for the first and largest global emerging market’s bond desk during the creation of the Brady Bond Era that brought Latin America out of a lost decade of indebtedness and negative growth.• Generated an average daily volume of $500 million which led to the firm’s #1 market share ranking• Coordinated across departments with Debt Capital Markets and Syndicate stakeholders on primary issue business• Worked continuously with clients at major emerging markets firms (Alliance, Fidelity, WAMCO, TCW, and others)