NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Tribal Capital Markets, LLC, a leading New York-based, Native American owned boutique minority investment banking firm, announced today that it is adding to its Municipal Sales and Trading team with the hire of Arjan Roghanchi and Jon Yamaoka.
Mr. Roghanchi and Mr. Yamaoka will serve as Managing Directors and are charged with growing Tribal Capital Markets Municipal Sales & Trading effort. They will spearhead our expansion into the Negotiated and Competitive Underwriting space as well as secondary trading. “With the addition of these highly-experienced and well respected professionals, Tribal Capital Markets is opportunistically growing the depth and range of the Municipal product capabilities it can offer Issuers and clients,” said the firm’s Managing Partner John Barry. “Mr. Roghanchi and Mr. Yamaoka have demonstrated an impressive track record of success and an in-depth understanding of the Secondary and New Issue marketplace. We are proud to make them an integral part of the TCM team.”
Alan Mele, Managing Partner stated, “We are very excited to have this plug and play Municipal sales and trading team to augment our Investment Banking efforts. They have extensive Syndicate relationships that complement what Public Finance Managing Directors Kimberly Welsh and Malcolm Jones have been able to accomplish. These additions can only help as we seek to provide more service to issuers in the future.”
Mr. Roghanchi and Mr. Yamaoka will also lead our expansion into Summit, NJ with the creation of a new office. An office in Summit will provide the firm with the ability to continue recruiting talented, experienced professionals from the area that can leverage their existing relationships, our Native American ownership and competitive compensation structure to grow their businesses.
