Imperial Capital Hires Mark Jicka as a Senior Credit Trader to Further Expand Its Investment Grade Trading Capabilities

LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Nov 24, 2015) - Imperial Capital Group, LLC ("Imperial Capital") announced that Mark Jicka has joined the firm as a Managing Director and Senior Credit Trader. Based in Imperial's New York office, Mr. Jicka's primary responsibility is driving the franchise's investment grade trading initiatives. Mr. Jicka will report to John C. Greco, Managing Director and Head of High Grade/Hybrid Sales and Trading. Mr. Jicka joins Imperial with approximately 23 years of securities industry experience specializing in investment grade credit trading.

"Building on our already strong credit capabilities, we are hiring a talented and proven professional to round out our corporate bond franchise," said Tom Corcoran, President of Imperial Capital, LLC. "Mark's years of Investment Grade experience and customer trust will be beneficial to our global institutional counterparties in markets that have become more challenging."

Mr. Jicka most recently served as Managing Director, Head of Fixed Income Trading at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce. Previously, he spent over 21 years in sell side corporate bond trading roles, having traded and managed businesses, including senior roles at Barclays, Deutsche Bank, and Goldman Sachs. Mr. Jicka earned a Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University and a Masters of Business Administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Mr. Jicka served in the U.S. Navy as a pilot for eight years. 

About Imperial Capital, LLC

Imperial Capital is a full-service investment bank offering a uniquely integrated platform of comprehensive services to institutional investors and middle market companies. We offer sophisticated sales and trading services to institutional investors and a wide range of investment banking advisory, capital markets and restructuring services to middle market corporate clients. Paired with our proprietary research and sales & trading desk analysis, we provide investment analysis across an issuer's capital structure, including bank loans, debt securities, the hybrid/bank capital marketplace (through our ELP Framework), post-reorganization equities, special situations claims and listed and unlisted equities. Our comprehensive and integrated service platform, expertise across the global capital structure, and deep industry sector knowledge enable us to provide clients with research driven ideas, superior advisory services, and trade execution. We are quick to identify opportunities under any market conditions and we have a proven track record of offering creative, proprietary solutions to our clients. Imperial Capital has three principal businesses: Investment Banking, Institutional Sales & Trading and Institutional Research. More information about Imperial Capital can be found at www.imperialcapital.com.