The Opportunity
Mesirow Financial is an independent, employee-owned firm founded in 1937. As specialists in investment, risk management and advisory services, we are committed to helping our institutional, corporate, and individual clients achieve their objectives. We are proud of Mesirow’s culture of fostering team member engagement, entrepreneurship, and empowerment. Our positive culture, volunteerism, and opportunity for advancement makes Mesirow one of the few employers to be included in both Chicago Tribune’s Top Places to Work and Crain’s Best Places to Work in Chicago.
We are actively recruiting for an experienced salesperson or trader to lead our EMEA Institutional Sales & Trading business.
The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of revenue generation combined with well-established institutional relationships across EMEA. We are seeking an individual with extensive experience distributing secondary market credit products across investment grade, high yield, emerging market and special situations credit markets. There will also be an opportunity to support and execute banking transactions.
Responsibilities
- Lead Mesirow's EMEA Institutional Sales & Trading business from London.
- Develop and grow relationships with asset managers, hedge funds, pension funds, insurers, banks and other institutional investors across EMEA.
- Distribute secondary market bonds and credit products to institutional investors.
- Generate revenues across investment grade, high yield, emerging market and special situations credit markets.
- Work closely with trading colleagues to source liquidity and execute transactions across global credit markets.
- Develop and communicate actionable trade ideas, relative value opportunities and market intelligence to institutional clients.
- Identify opportunities arising from liability management exercises, restructurings, M&A-related flows, rating events and broader market dislocations.
- Expand Mesirow's institutional client franchise across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
- Support the continued growth of the firm's global Institutional Sales & Trading platform.
Requirements
- Minimum 12 years' experience within institutional fixed income sales and trading.
- Background in banking is preferred.
- Established relationships across asset managers, hedge funds, pension funds, insurers, banks and other institutional investors throughout EMEA.
- Demonstrated track record distributing secondary market credit products to institutional investors.
- Proven ability to generate and grow revenues across investment grade, high yield, emerging market and special situations credit markets.
- Experience covering institutional investors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
- Ability to develop and expand a business within an established global platform.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience.
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Skills Required
- Minimum 12 years' experience within institutional fixed income sales and trading
- Background in banking
- Established relationships with asset managers, hedge funds, pension funds, insurers, banks and other institutional investors across EMEA
- Demonstrated track record distributing secondary market credit products to institutional investors
- Proven ability to generate and grow revenues across investment grade, high yield, emerging market and special situations credit markets
- Experience covering institutional investors across Europe, the Middle East and Africa
- Ability to develop and expand a business within an established global platform
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent industry experience
Mesirow Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Mesirow and has not been reviewed or approved by Mesirow.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, vision, integrated mental-health services, One Medical membership, and HSA/FSA options with company-paid long-term disability. These offerings, alongside an EAP, indicate a robust healthcare foundation.
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Parental & Family Support — Family supports include 16 weeks paid leave for birth mothers, adoption and surrogacy assistance, and up to 20 days per year of back-up child and elder care via Bright Horizons. These benefits reflect meaningful support for caregivers.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Wellbeing resources include a Lifestyle Spending Account, complimentary Headspace, milestone recognition programs, and a One Medical membership. Together with inclusion initiatives, these enhance overall work-life experience.
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What We Do
Mesirow is an independent, employee-owned financial services firm founded in 1937. Headquartered in Chicago with offices around the world, we serve clients through a personal, custom approach to reaching financial goals and acting as a force for social good. With capabilities spanning Global Investment Management, Capital Markets & Investment Banking, and Advisory Services, we invest in what matters: our clients, our communities and our culture. To learn more, visit www.mesirow.com and follow us on LinkedIn. Mesirow was also recently named one of the Best Places to Work in Chicago by the Chicago Tribune and one of the Top Places to Work by Crain’s Chicago Business.
