Citigroup/Schroder Salomon Smith Barney has tapped Stephanie Ziar for its London-based securitization research effort. Ziar is an internal transfer from the securitization origination desk, says Richard Pagan, co-head of European credit research in London. Ziar reports to Pagan. The securitization research position had been vacant since last August, when Shaker Sundaram left to join UBS Warburg as an asset-backed salesman (BW, 8/25).
Pagan says the firm is considering adding a few more analysts but that a final decision has not yet been made. Ziar's position on the securitization desk has been filled by a hire at the associate level.