Debt Capital Markets

The Fixed Income Desk has extensive experience in global debt markets both as a principal primary dealer in Irish Government bonds and, on an agency basis, as a sales desk, facilitating customer trades and debt origination

Global Network

As an integral and vibrant part of the Cantor Fitzgerald global network, our Fixed Income Desk transacts across Europe, the UK, the US and globally via the wider Cantor Fitzgerald network on behalf of institutional and private clients in money markets, interest rates, credit products, SSAs, and green bonds.

Primary Dealer

Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland has been recognised by the National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) as a Primary Dealer in Irish Government Bonds since 2013. We’ve been appointed a joint lead manager for Irish syndicated debt issuance every year since 2017 and have helped maintain an orderly and liquid secondary market for Irish Government bonds.

TEAM

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David Tilson

Head of Capital Markets

David joined from Bank of Ireland in July 2023 where he was most recently Head of Markets. In that role, David was responsible for managing the market and liquidity risks for the Bank of Ireland Group, was a champion for customer engagement, and drove critical strategy initiatives for Bank of Ireland Group.

Prior to that role, David spent 11 years at NCB Stockbrokers Limited where he specialised in Fixed Income trading and sales.

David received his Bachelor of Commerce from UCD and is a Certified Bank Director from IOB.

01 633 3898

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Jeff Collins

Head of Equities

Jeff has spent 15 years trading across asset classes on both the buy and sell side. Jeff Joined Merrill Lynch trading a variety of equity sectors in London. In 2013, Jeff joined Bluecrest capital in Geneva where he was head of equity trading after the successful spin-off into a large quantitative hedge fund Systematica in 2015. Jeff spent a further four years managing all the equity trading for various quant-based models. Jeff has managed trading desks at both start up hedge funds and established asset managers over the recent years and a keen proponent of utilising data in the provision of best-ex strategies

01 633 3807

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Peter Blessing

Head of Trading

As the Head of Trading within Debt Capital Markets, Peter is responsible for market-making Irish Government bonds. Peter has over 13 years’ experience across Treasury and Capital Markets including market making & execution, risk management, corporate development, proprietary trading and stakeholder management.

Prior to joining Cantor Fitzgerald, Peter worked as a Fixed Income Trader in PTSB Treasury for 9 years. He also has experience in the key treasury disciplines of liquidity, interest rate & foreign exchange management.

Peter holds a Degree in Business Studies.

01 633 3835

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Roderick McAuliffe

Trader

Rod is a Trader within the Debt Capital Markets team where he is responsible for market-making Irish Government bonds in addition to employing interest rate and credit risk hedging strategies. Prior to joining Cantor Fitzgerald,

Rod worked as an Interest Rate Swap Trader in Bank of Ireland Global Markets where he also spent time trading Foreign Exchange Spot and Forward markets.

Rod holds a Bachelors Degree in Economics and Accounting.

01 633 3671

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Tom Reilly

Senior Fixed Income Sales

Tom Reilly is a Manager of Institutional Bonds. He joined Merrion Capital Group in 2014, prior to its acquisition by Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland in 2018.

Tom began his career at Goodbody Stockbrokers prior to heading up the fixed income desk in Bloxham from 2001. During his time with Bloxham he also spent time with Sonas Partners in London and in 2012 joined Glas Securities in Dublin.

With almost 30 years’ experience in fixed income markets, Tom works with clients across the UK, Europe and the US and has been voted top bond salesperson in Ireland on several occasions.

01 633 3829

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Tareen ‘Teddy’ Carmichael

Head of Institutional Sales - US

Teddy has operated in the debt and equity capital markets for over 22 years. During that time, he gained multi asset class and markets experience, developed through sales, origination, and research roles, and working in various global banks including BNP Paribas, J.P. Morgan and UniCredit. Teddy holds a BSc in Astrophysics (Astronomy) and a Post Graduate Certificate in Economics, both from the University of London. Teddy is also an Associate Scholar at the University of Oxford.

01 566 1668

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