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Wachovia Securities Hires New York-based Structured Credit Derivatives Trading and Marketing Team Christopher Shin and Kathleen O'Halloran Harris join Wachovia as firm expands CDO and Credit Derivatives business CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Wachovia Securities announced today that Christopher Shin and Kathleen O'Halloran Harris have joined the firm in New York as Directors in the Structured Credit Products group. Shin has been hired as a Director and head of Structured Credit Trading, and Harris has been hired as a Director in Structured Credit Product Marketing/Structuring. Both will report to Yu-Ming Wang, Managing Director and Global Head of Structured Credit Products. "We have had tremendous success building our Structured Credit Product business and have been a top three provider of CDOs collateralized by Real Estate securities, Middle Market Loans, Leveraged Loans, Investment Grade Corporates and ABS," said Tom Wickwire, Managing Director and Global Head of Structured Products. "We entered the Credit Derivatives business three years ago and have been making great strides to become an active participant in that market. Hiring a Structured Credit Derivatives team is a natural extension of these two businesses, and we expect that Chris and Kathleen will have great success in our Fixed Income Department," Wickwire said. Shin and Harris joined Wachovia from Bear Stearns, where they were part of the Credit Derivatives and CDO groups. They are among the latest senior-level Structured Credit Product and Credit Derivatives professionals joining the firm in recent months. Other recent hires include:
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