Experience

Penserra

• United States
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Head Capital Markets

  • Jan 2012 - Present

  Responsible for continuing the expansion of the fixed income business including strategic planning, product development, trading, and investment banking. Responsible for continuing the expansion of the fixed income business including strategic planning, product development, trading, and investment banking.



VCG Securities LLC

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• CEO

  • 2009 - 2011

  Chief Executive Officer of VCG Securities LLC. Mr. Chisholm has overall responsibility for the firm's strategy, Investment Banking, Credit and Equity Capital Markets, and other product offerings. Mr. Chisholm is a veteran fixed income sales trader and investment banker, with deep product expertise in high yield corporate credit, MBS and ABS Chief Executive Officer of VCG Securities LLC. Mr. Chisholm has overall responsibility for the firm's strategy, Investment Banking, Credit and Equity Capital Markets, and other product offerings. Mr. Chisholm is a veteran fixed income sales trader and investment banker, with deep product expertise in high yield corporate credit, MBS and ABS



Cantor Fitzgerald

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Managing Director - Fixed Income

  • 2008 - 2009

  Mandated with further building and structuring of High Yield and Distress trading business. Tasked with the creation of a ‘Special Situations’ banking group Mandated with further building and structuring of High Yield and Distress trading business. Tasked with the creation of a ‘Special Situations’ banking group



BB&T Capital Markets

• Capital Markets
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Managing Director

  • 2003 - 2008

  Specifically hired to build and structure taxable Fixed Income group, targeting High yield sales and trading. • Key player in the firms structured products, new banking business, special situations and direction of High yield and distressed business. Specifically hired to build and structure taxable Fixed Income group, targeting High yield sales and trading. • Key player in the firms structured products, new banking business, special situations and direction of High yield and distressed business.



Raymond James & Assoc.

• New York, NY / Boca Raton

• Senior Vice President

  • 1999 - 2003

  Instrumental in the further development of Taxable Fixed Income business specific to Distressed and High Yield • Further built out and expanded High yield and MBS business. - Consistency in 10% of production trading and sales Instrumental in the further development of Taxable Fixed Income business specific to Distressed and High Yield • Further built out and expanded High yield and MBS business. - Consistency in 10% of production trading and sales



Stone & Youngberg

• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President

  • 1997 - 1999

  Hired as catalyst to taxable fixed income business on all fronts, HY, IG, MBS and ABS. • Cultivated many high profile accounts. • Instrumental in structure and direction of the desk.. • Top producer for two years. Hired as catalyst to taxable fixed income business on all fronts, HY, IG, MBS and ABS. • Cultivated many high profile accounts. • Instrumental in structure and direction of the desk.. • Top producer for two years.



Mayer & Schweitzer, LLC

• New York, NY

• Vice President

  • 1994 - 1997

  Equity sales trading • Worked directly with Kevin and Herb Schweitzer. • Responsible for market making, block sales and maintenance of high profile existing firm accounts. • Interacted with accounts and contra traders. • Built out convertible and swaps market client base. Equity sales trading • Worked directly with Kevin and Herb Schweitzer. • Responsible for market making, block sales and maintenance of high profile existing firm accounts. • Interacted with accounts and contra traders. • Built out convertible and swaps market client base.



Conarb New WIndsor

• New York, NY

• Trader

  • 1991 - 1994

  Proprietary Trader responsible for trading and maintaining $1 billion arbitrage portfolio. Ended up taking over responsibilities of two senior traders. • Exposed to Convertible arbitrage, Pairs and Correlation trading, Index arb and warrant trading. • Developed positions, maintained hedges and interacted in the swaps markets on daily basis. • Portfolio analysis to determine entry and exit as well as hedge ratios. Proprietary Trader responsible for trading and maintaining $1 billion arbitrage portfolio. Ended up taking over responsibilities of two senior traders. • Exposed to Convertible arbitrage, Pairs and Correlation trading, Index arb and warrant trading. • Developed positions, maintained hedges and interacted in the swaps markets on daily basis. • Portfolio analysis to determine entry and exit as well as hedge ratios.