In a nutshell
- We provide liquidity and have access to large private and institutional pools
- We trade over USD 1bn cash bonds per month
- Our universe includes sovereign, investment grade, high yield and emerging market currencies
- We are a team of experienced credit & rates sales traders covering desks in Zurich, Geneva and Tel Aviv
- We service institutional investors, private banks, family offices, dealing rooms and hedge funds
- We manage trading and settlement relationships with >350 counterparties
- We enable facilitated trading through Bloomberg TSOX
More specifically
With a team of experienced Credit & Rates Sales Traders with desk coverage for Zurich, Geneva and Tel Aviv, we service a diversified client base which includes institutional investors, private banks, multi- and single family offices, dealing rooms and hedge funds.
We manage and have open trading lines with an extraordinarily large number of counterparties in the fixed-income space with more than 350 open counterparties.
We focus on unique local relationships and have full access to the Swiss & Israeli institutional markets. We offer around-the-clock execution, including late US/Asian hours. Our total cash bond trading volume exceeds USD 1 bn per month.
We are proud of our long and proven track record of providing superior pricing for Switzerland’s biggest investment houses.
We offer tailor-made, in-house research and opinions to institutional investors, prepared by our senior analysts relying on vast buy-side experience. We follow a bottom-up approach and focus on single undervalued names.
Yoav Katz
Fixed Income
Yoav has 12 years of experience in trading and advising in financial markets. Prior to joining ISP, Yoav advised and executed cross-asset products at Migdal Capital Markets including equity, options, FX and bonds.
Nimrod Marian
Fixed Income
Nimrod has 14 years of experience in dealing with fixed-income products, including derivatives analysis at SuperDerivatives. Nimrod advised on fixed-income products at Bank Poalim and managed the fixed-income desk at Psagot investment house, Israel's largest investment house.
Shai Podoshin
Fixed Income
Shai is a specialist with over a decade of relevant experience in Fixed-Income and Equity/Options. Prior to ISP he held positions at Oppenheimer and First International Bank of Israel dealing across asset classes for institutional and private banking accounts.
Georgi Artymenko
Fixed Income
Georgi is responsible for the Fixed Income trading support. Prior to joining ISP Securities, Georgi gained operational and control experience at various Israeli investment houses and pension funds. Georgi holds a BSc in Finance from the Bocconi University in Milan.
Denis Hoppe
Fixed Income Advisor
Denis has more than two decades of relevant experience in Fixed Income Sales & Trading. Prior to joining ISP, Denis worked for Credit Suisse, CSFB and First Boston in various positions and his expertise includes Foreign denominated bonds and Structured Products as well as CHF bonds.
Giancarlo Caldognetto
Fixed Income Advisor
Giancarlo is a seasoned fixed income specialist with more than 20 year of financial market experience. Prior to joining ISP, Giancarlo was a relationship manager with the Global Family Office Group of BNP Paribas in Geneva serving large continental European families. Before that he was Head of Fixed Income Institutional Sales at BNP Paribas and ABN AMRO in Geneva and he worked at Merrill Lynch in various roles. He holds a B.A. in Business Management from University of Geneva & completed the Investment Management program at the London Business School.
Yoav Katz
Fixed Income
Yoav has 12 years of experience in trading and advising in financial markets. Prior to joining ISP, Yoav advised and executed cross-asset products at Migdal Capital Markets including equity, options, FX and bonds.
Nimrod Marian
Fixed Income
Nimrod has 14 years of experience in dealing with fixed-income products, including derivatives analysis at SuperDerivatives. Nimrod advised on fixed-income products at Bank Poalim and managed the fixed-income desk at Psagot investment house, Israel's largest investment house.
Shai Podoshin
Fixed Income
Shai is a specialist with over a decade of relevant experience in Fixed-Income and Equity/Options. Prior to ISP he held positions at Oppenheimer and First International Bank of Israel dealing across asset classes for institutional and private banking accounts.
Georgi Artymenko
Fixed Income
Georgi is responsible for the Fixed Income trading support. Prior to joining ISP Securities, Georgi gained operational and control experience at various Israeli investment houses and pension funds. Georgi holds a BSc in Finance from the Bocconi University in Milan.
Denis Hoppe
Fixed Income Advisor
Denis has more than two decades of relevant experience in Fixed Income Sales & Trading. Prior to joining ISP, Denis worked for Credit Suisse, CSFB and First Boston in various positions and his expertise includes Foreign denominated bonds and Structured Products as well as CHF bonds.
Giancarlo Caldognetto
Fixed Income Advisor
Giancarlo is a seasoned fixed income specialist with more than 20 year of financial market experience. Prior to joining ISP, Giancarlo was a relationship manager with the Global Family Office Group of BNP Paribas in Geneva serving large continental European families. Before that he was Head of Fixed Income Institutional Sales at BNP Paribas and ABN AMRO in Geneva and he worked at Merrill Lynch in various roles. He holds a B.A. in Business Management from University of Geneva & completed the Investment Management program at the London Business School.