New York-based diversified financial services firm Clear Street has made several senior-level hires within the prime brokerage business of its institutional division, expanding its derivatives, algorithmic and cap intro teams.

Cory Solomon has joined as Managing Director, Derivatives, having previously served as Head of Portfolio Finance at Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisors, Meritage Group, and Bank of America.

Charlie Dietz has also joined Clear Street as Managing Director, Derivatives. He was most recently Managing Director, Head of Synthetic Equity Trading at Wells Fargo.

Wim Shih has been appointed as Managing Director, Head of Equity Finance Algos and Automation, joining from TD Securities, where he provided primary global securities lending coverage for hedge funds and internal trading desks.

Finally, George Jamgochian has joined as Managing Director, Head of Capital Introduction. He was previously Director, Investor Relations at TIG Advisors and Vice President, Capital Introduction at Goldman Sachs.

Clear Street added around 160 new institutional clients to its prime brokerage platform over the past year.