Daiwa Capital appoints Sriram Iyer as executive director

MUMBAI: Leading investment banking firm, Daiwa Capital Markets today said it has appointed Sriram Iyer as its new Executive Director and Head of sales trading in India.

Iyer, who brings with him over 16 years of experience in the area of dealing and sales trading, will be reporting to the India equity management team in India and to John Mar, the Regional Head of sales trading in Hong Kong, a press release issued here stated.

In his new responsibility, Iyer will be leading the sales trading team and will also have to look into the dealings of equities for institutional investors.

His broader role will be to strengthen the team through his wide network of relationships and increase the market share for Daiwa in India, the release said.

Prior to this new job, he was working with Antique Stock Broking and had also spent almost a decade with Kotak Securities, where he was the Head of sales trading and dealing.