RBS Hires Eugene Rigo as Two-, Three-Year Treasury Trader for US Primary Dealership Desk

STAMFORD, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RBS today announced that Eugene Rigo has joined the firm as Managing Director on the US Primary Dealership desk, with responsibility for trading two-year and three-year treasuries. Rigo will be based in Stamford, CT. and will report to Richard Volpe and Rishi Shah, Co-heads of US Dollar Rates within the Global Banking and Markets (GBM) division.

“Gene is a seasoned market veteran with great customer relationships,” said Volpe. “Hiring a trader of Gene’s caliber will be a great addition to our US Dollar Rates franchise.”

Rigo joins the firm after a 12-year career at UBS, where he was most recently Executive Director, responsible for trading zero- to three-year treasury coupons. Prior to joining UBS, he worked as a two- and three-year treasury trader at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (DLJ) for seven years and at The Bank of New York for five years.

“This hire demonstrates not only RBS’ ability to attract top talent from across Wall Street but also the firm’s continued commitment to the USD Rates franchise,” added Shah. “We are dedicated to providing our clients with the best execution, pricing and coverage for the treasury market.”

Rigo holds a BA in Business Administration from Villanova University and an MBA from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

RBS has recently made several senior level additions to its Fixed Income business in the US including Peter Najarian as Global Head of Local Market Sales, Stephen Monroe as Head of Short-Term Market Sales for the Americas, Wight Martindale as Head of High Yield and Distressed Debt Sales, Scott Lang as Head of Regional Dealer Sales for the USD Rates Business, Boris Segura as Senior Economist for Latin America and Victor Forte as Head of High Grade Bond Syndicate.

The Royal Bank of Scotland Group

The RBS group is a large international banking and financial services company. Headquartered in Edinburgh, the Group operates in the United Kingdom, Europe, the Americas and Asia, serving more than 40 million customers. The Group provides a wide range of products and services to personal, commercial and large corporate and institutional customers through its two principal subsidiaries, The Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest, as well as through a number of other well known brands including, Citizens, Ulster Bank, Coutts, Direct Line and Churchill.