NEW YORK,
April 13, 2009 – BMO Capital Markets, the investment and
corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group, announced today that it has
hired senior investment banker Eric Luftig as Managing Director in its
Leveraged Finance group. Mr. Luftig will be based in the firm’s New
York City office and is responsible for debt and equity private placements.
“Eric’s experience in private placements, including 20 years
of solid deals, complements our team’s overall mandate as we look
to broaden our lead role participation in the leveraged financing arena.
We are very pleased to have Eric join our team,“ said Jim Moglia,
Executive Managing Director and Co-Head of the BMO Capital Markets Leveraged
Finance group.
Mr. Luftig’s investment
banking experience over the last two decades includes senior roles
at GE Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets in
the field of private finance. He holds both an MBA and an undergraduate
degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
The Leveraged Finance group
consolidates BMO’s leveraged loan
and high yield bond expertise to ensure that clients are efficiently
provided with comprehensive market-relevant debt solutions. Working closely
with our Financial Sponsors and Debt Capital Markets teams, the Leveraged
Finance group has the depth and breadth of experience to originate both
publicly and privately offered debt securities for corporate and government
issuers.
About BMO Capital Markets
BMO Capital Markets
is a leading full-service North American financial services provider,
with over 2,400 employees operating in 14 North American
offices and 26 worldwide, offering corporate, institutional and government
clients access to a complete range of investment and corporate banking
products and services. BMO Capital Markets is a member of BMO Financial
Group (NYSE, TSX: BMO),
one of the largest diversified financial services providers in North
America with
US$361 billion total assets and 37,000 employees as at January 31, 2009.
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