Daiwa Capital Markets America welcomes Perlmutter and Gillespie
09 January 2026 US
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Daiwa Capital Markets America has welcomed John Perlmutter as executive director of delta one strategies, and Christopher Gillespie as director on the firm’s stock finance desk.
Both new hires are based in New York, with Perlmutter bringing 30 years of experience to the role, having most recently served at the National Bank of Canada.
Perlmutter’s new position will centre on relaunching the firm’s equity finance business, with an initial focus on delta one strategies.
Reporting to Scott Friedman, director of equity finance, and lead of Daiwa’s securities financing team, Gillespie will focus on enhancing the firm’s financing and hard-to-borrow trade flow in his new role.
Gillespie most recently served as executive director at US Tiger Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï and TradeUp Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï, and has also held positions at B. Riley Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï as director of equity finance, and at ED&F Man Capital Markets as vice president of equity finance.
Both new hires are based in New York, with Perlmutter bringing 30 years of experience to the role, having most recently served at the National Bank of Canada.
Perlmutter’s new position will centre on relaunching the firm’s equity finance business, with an initial focus on delta one strategies.
Reporting to Scott Friedman, director of equity finance, and lead of Daiwa’s securities financing team, Gillespie will focus on enhancing the firm’s financing and hard-to-borrow trade flow in his new role.
Gillespie most recently served as executive director at US Tiger Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï and TradeUp Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï, and has also held positions at B. Riley Íø±¬³Ô¹Ï as director of equity finance, and at ED&F Man Capital Markets as vice president of equity finance.
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