Daiwa Capital Markets America welcomes Perlmutter and Gillespie
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Daiwa Capital Markets America welcomes Perlmutter and Gillespie 09 January 2026US Reporter: Hansa Tote
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Daiwa Capital Markets America has welcomed John Perlmutter as executive director of delta one strategies, and Christopher Gillespie as director on the firm鈥檚 stock finance desk.
Both new hires are based in New York, with Perlmutter bringing 30 years of experience to the role, having most recently served at the National Bank of Canada.
Perlmutter鈥檚 new position will centre on relaunching the firm鈥檚 equity finance business, with an initial focus on delta one strategies.
Reporting to Scott Friedman, director of equity finance, and lead of Daiwa鈥檚 securities financing team, Gillespie will focus on enhancing the firm鈥檚 financing and hard-to-borrow trade flow in his new role.
Gillespie most recently served as executive director at US Tiger Securities and TradeUp Securities, and has also held positions at B. Riley Securities as director of equity finance, and at ED&F Man Capital Markets as vice president of equity finance.
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