Imperial Capital Group has hired James P Kenney and Kevin Cadden, two senior institutional convertible sales professionals, forming a dedicated Convertible Sales Group, and adding to the franchise’s continued credit sales & trading growth initiatives.
The group will be responsible for expanding Imperial Capital’s existing credit sales and trading business further into convertible products while working with a team of seasoned trading and research professionals to provide its institutional clients with valuable market colour, trading ideas and excellent execution in both the fixed income and equity markets.
“With the hiring of James and Kevin, we are able to provide our institutional clients with a team of veteran sales and trading professionals specialising in the convertible bond marketplace,” said Tom Corcoran (pictured), President of Imperial Capital. “The team brings to Imperial a wealth of product knowledge across the capital structure as well as a history of superior client service.”
Kenney joins Imperial Capital as a Managing Director in the Convertible Credit Sales Group in New York. Mr. Kenney brings over 26 years of convertible securities sales experience, including 17 years with Goldman Sachs Group Inc, where he was a Managing Director and Head of Convertible Bond Sales. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Kenney spent nine years with Prudential Securities, Inc. where he began his convertible securities sales career as a Senior Vice President. Kenney earned a BA in Economics from Denison University.
Cadden joins Imperial Capital as a Managing Director in the Convertible Credit Sales Group in New York with over 24 years of industry experience. Cadden served as a senior institutional convertible salesperson, most recently at Goldman Sachs for nine years and JP Morgan for seven years. Prior to working in the convertible business, Cadden spent over seven years in equity derivatives marketing and structuring at Merrill Lynch and Bear Stearns. Cadden graduated from Columbia University with a BA in Economics, and earned his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
