Meanwhile, Siskind has emerged as a managing director in charge of running the bank debt department at Imperial Capital. Siskind said Imperial Capital--with more than 100 employees--has a bigger platform than Seaport. She explained that the firm participates in the stressed and distressed markets and has capital to facilitate trading.
Siskind also noted that she will be working to expand the firm's corporate finance capabilities through new issue in the middle-market and second-lien arenas. She will be looking to hire two more employees on the bank sales side to work with her and Denis Cullen, a senior v.p. Siskind previously worked with the distressed bank debt groups of Morgan Stanley, Wasserstein Perella Securities and Amroc Investments.