McDonald Joins Newedge On The Corporate Credit Sales Desk As A Senior Director

New Hire for Newedge's Fixed Income, Currency & Commodity Business Line (FICC)

Larry McDonald, Senior Director, Newedge

McDonald joins Newedge on the Corporate Credit Sales Desk as a Senior Director, reporting to David Blanquart, Newedge Global Head of Fixed Income-Credit within Newedge FICC business line. Based in New York McDonald will be servicing buy side clients on Corporate Bonds, specifically Convertible Bonds and High Yield.

From July 2004 through September 2008, Larry was Vice President of Distressed Debt and Convertible Securities Trading at Lehman Brothers. He ran an extremely successful joint venture between the firm's fixed income and equity divisions.

Larry has written a bestselling book on the fall of Lehman Brothers, A Colossal Failure of Common Sense - the Inside Story of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers. Since publishing A Colossal Failure, Larry has delivered over 45 keynote speeches across the world, recently speaking to banks, investment firms, law firms, insurance companies and universities.

Prior to Lehman Brothers, Larry was Co-Founder and COO of Convertbond.com, the premier website source for convertible securities information, valuation and news. In 1999, Convertbond.com was successfully sold to Morgan Stanley and remains property of the firm.

Larry McDonald is a renowned financial and economic expert with over twenty-one years of experience working on Wall Street.


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