Maxim Group Press Releases
New York (July 22nd, 2009)
Maxim Group LLC Expands International Institutional Sales GroupMaxim Group LLC, a leading full service mid-tier investment banking, securities and wealth management firm today announced the appointment of Seitaro Kuno as Co-Head / Director of USA / Japan Institutional Sales.
"We are pleased to have an institutional sales professional with Mr. Kuno’s experience join Maxim Group", indicated Christopher J. Fiore, Executive Managing Director and Head of Capital Markets at Maxim Group. "Seitaro’s 20 years of institutional sales experience is bolstered by a broad and diversified knowledge of the international equity and fixed income markets which will be a benefit to our institutional clients", added Fiore.
Prior to joining Maxim Group, Mr. Kuno served as a Vice President of U.S. Equity Sales & Trading for Mitsubishi UFJ Securities (USA Inc) since 2002. Mr. Kuno was instrumental in establishing a U.S. equities desk in New York during the merger of Tokyo-Mitsubishi Securities (USA) and Kokusai America. From 1998 to 2002 he served as a Vice President of Kokusai America Inc where he successfully oversaw the U.S. equity and fixed income trading desks. He started his career in institutional fixed income sales at Yamaichi International (America) where he was responsible for the sale of U.S. government securities, securities of G-7 nations, Euro bonds and structured products. Mr. Kuno graduated from Meiji University with a BA in law, with a concentration in business law.