KGS-Alpha Boosts CMBS Team

KGS-Alpha Capital Markets has added Jeff Lewis, Kyle Wichser and Andrew Noonan to its commercial mortgage-backed securities trading team.

KGS-Alpha Capital Markets has added Jeff Lewis, Kyle Wichser and Andrew Noonan to its commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) trading team. The New York–based fixed-income broker-dealer has also added chief strategist Kamal Abdullah.

Lewis, who is leading the CMBS team, previously served at Salomon Brothers/Citigroup and then headed the CMBS trading effort at Barclays Capital. Wichser, who has worked with Bear Stearns Cos., and Noonan, who specializes in structuring and pricing CMBS loans, have joined Lewis on the trading desk. Previously, Abdullah was head of residential mortgage-backed securities and CMBS research at Citadel Securities.

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