Raymond James & Associates Inc. is looking to hire two to four additional salespeople with experience in high-yield or high-grade fixed-income. Larry Haag, New York branch manager for the St. Petersburg, Fla. firm, says Raymond James has gradually been growing its corporate bond business for the past eight years and the new hires would be consistent with that effort. He says he has already begun interviewing for the positions.
Recent additions to the New York office include Tim Gordon, a senior crossover trader who was let go last year from Banc of America Securities (BW, 10/6) and Tom Noonan, a senior v.p. in high-yield sales, who left CIBC World Markets last year. Both are based in New York, though Gordon reports to Jim Sickling, the head trader based in St. Petersburg.