Former Goldman Sachs International Equities Trader + Best Ex Sales/Trader Enlist with Veteran-Owned Broker-Dealer Mischler Financial

Newport Beach CA and Stamford, CT– March 08—Mischler Financial Group (“MFG”), the veteran-owned  boutique investment bank and institutional brokerage announced the further expansion of the firm’s  agency-only equities execution team with the hire of two additional global trade execution specialists. With the new hires, minority-certified Mischler now boasts ten dedicated equities trading professionals specializing in US Domestic and International Equities whose respective pedigrees include both senior buy side and sell-side trading desk roles for globally recognized institutions.

The new members of the Mischler equities trading desk team include Matthew Horan, a 15-year securities industry veteran who joins Mischler from global investment bank Goldman Sachs, where he was VP International Equity Sales/Trading. Based in Goldman’s Taipei office for the last 3 years, Horan covers long-only and hedge fund accounts in the U.S., Hong Kong, and Singapore. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Mr. Horan was Senior Vice President Equity Sales/Trading for BNP Paribas Securities and worked from BNP’s Taipei office. Earlier in his career, Mr. Horan was the Pan Asia Equity Trader for The Boston Company Asset Management, one of the industry’s leading fund management firms.  Also joining Mischler is John Barone, a 25-year US equities trading market veteran who, prior to his role at Mischler, was Head of Equity Sales/Trading for agency brokerage Cheevers & Co. Earlier in his career, Mr. Barone was a Principal and Head of Equity Trading at William Blair & Company. He has also served as President of the Security Traders Association of Chicago and on the Board of Governors of the National Security Trader Association.

Matthew Horan will be based in Mischler’s Boston office, where the firm’s international equities execution team is overseen by Managing Director Larry Peruzzi. Mr.Barone will operate from Mischler’s Chicago trading desk and work with the firm’s Midwest area institutional clients.

Dean Chamberlain, Chief Executive of Mischler Financial Group stated, “We’re very happy to add two more formidable veterans to our global equities execution platform. Both Matt Horan and John Barone are uniquely talented equities execution specialists with long-standing relationships and deep fluency administering both high-tech and high-touch execution styles.” Added Chamberlain, “Of greater importance, the institutional clients that Matt and John have worked with over several decades can now benefit from our well-proven ability to deliver true best execution in both US domestic and international equities.”

About Mischler Financial Group

Established in 1994, Mischler Financial Group, Inc. (“Mischler”) is the oldest and largest minority-certified FINRA member firm owned and operated by military veterans. A federally certified Service Disabled Veterans Business Enterprise (SDVBE), Mischler is headquartered in Newport Beach, California, and operates 10 regional offices in major cities throughout the United States. The firm serves leading institutional fund managers, Fortune corporate treasurers, public plan sponsors, endowments, and foundations through its primary debt and equity capital markets practice areas and provides corporate share repurchase execution services and agency-only best execution services within the global equities and fixed income markets. In addition to new-issue underwriting and syndication within the US Equity and Debt capital markets, Mischler provides asset management for liquid and alternative investment strategies.