BTIG Fixed Income Credit Group Adds Michael Stewart and Michael Di Felice

New York – March 15, 2017 – BTIG, LLC announced today that Michael Stewart and Michael Di Felice, have joined the firm within the Fixed Income Credit Group. Mr. Stewart and Mr. Di Felice will be based in New York, reporting into Darren Haines and Drew Doscher, Co-Heads of the Fixed Income Credit Group at BTIG.

“BTIG’s Fixed Income Credit Group continues to attract impactful sales and trading professionals,” said Mr. Haines. “By leveraging Michael Stewart and Michael Di Felice’s extensive industry relationships, we will further cultivate partnerships with new and established BTIG clients.”

Mr. Stewart joins BTIG as a Managing Director within the Fixed Income Credit Group, focused on trading convertibles, and selling solutions for other fixed income instruments. He has over 20 years of institutional fixed income sales and trading experience. Prior to BTIG, he was a Managing Director of Fixed Income Credit at Seaport Global Securities. Previously, Mr. Stewart was a Managing Director of Fixed Income Credit Sales at Jefferies. Earlier in his career, he held a similar role at Barclays.

Mr. Di Felice joins BTIG as a Director within the Fixed Income Credit Group, focused on distressed debt, high yield and convertible bond sales. Prior to BTIG, he was a Senior Vice President of Fixed Income Sales at GMP Securities. Earlier in his career, Mr. Di Felice was an Investment Banking Associate at Deutsche Bank.

“Michael Stewart and Michael Di Felice are welcome additions to our team as we continue to aggressively invest in our platform,” noted Mr. Doscher. “Given the rapidly-changing market conditions, it is imperative that we are appropriately staffed to create solutions for decision-makers across our institutional investor client base.”

About BTIG
BTIG is a global financial services firm specializing in institutional trading, investment banking, research and related brokerage services. With an extensive global footprint and more than 500 employees, BTIG, LLC and its affiliates operate out of 14 cities throughout the U.S., and in Europe, Asia and Australia. BTIG offers execution, expertise and insights for equities, equity derivatives, ETFs and fixed income (futures, commodities, foreign exchange, interest rates, credit as well as convertible and preferred securities). The firm’s core capabilities include global execution, portfolio, electronic and outsource trading, transition management, investment banking, prime brokerage, capital introduction, corporate access, research and strategy, commission management and more. Disclaimer: https://www.btig.com/Disclaimer

Media Contacts:
Jill Gordon
212.279.3115, ext. 226 
[email protected]

Amanda Gold
212.738.6134 
[email protected]