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David Bell Appointed Managing Director, Head of Cash Equities Americas
Natixis announced today the appointment of David Bell as Managing Director, Head of Cash Equities Americas. He reports locally to Dennis Shikar, Head of Equity Markets Americas, and globally to Ian Burn, Global Head of Cash Equity.
Mr. Bell was most recently CEO at Olivetree USA. Earlier, he was Managing Partner and Head of US at Redburn Partners. He began his career at UBS, and spent 12 years on the New York-based European Sales desk, after starting as an analyst in London.
Mr. Bell holds an MBA, Finance from ISG and a BA, Economics from Mount Allison University.
“We’re very pleased to have David join our Equities platform in the Americas. His vast experience coupled with his strong institutional and hedge fund relationships will expand our market presence, and further develop our Cash Equities franchise,” said Mr. Shikar.
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Natixis is a French multinational financial services firm specialized in asset & wealth management, corporate & investment banking, insurance and payments. A subsidiary of Groupe BPCE, the second-largest banking group in France through its two retail banking networks, Banque Populaire and Caisse d’Epargne, Natixis counts nearly 16,000 employees across 38 countries. Its clients include corporations, financial institutions, sovereign and supranational organizations, as well as the customers of Groupe BPCE’s networks. Listed on the Paris stock exchange, Natixis has a solid financial base with a CET1 capital under Basel 3(1) of €11.1 billion, a Basel 3 CET1 Ratio(1) of 11.5% and quality long-term ratings (Standard & Poor’s: A+ / Moody’s: A1 / Fitch Ratings: A+).
(1) Based on CRR-CRD4 rules as reported on June 26, 2013, including the Danish compromise - without phase-in. See note on methodology in the 2Q19 earnings material.
Figures as at 30 June 2019