SC Lowy has named Florian Schmidt to run its global debt capital markets (DCM) business with immediate effect. Appointed to the new position of head of debt capital markets, he will oversee the expansion of SC Lowy’s primary debt issuance capabilities on the public bond side as well as in private special situations.
Schmidt joins SC Lowy from ING Bank where he headed the high-yield debt capital markets group and will report to Soo Cheon Lee, co-founder and chief investment officer of SC Lowy.
Prior to ING, he had worked for Deutsche Bank, Nomura, HSBC and Bank of America. During his career, he originated and executed various landmark transactions, especially in the high-yield sector, some of which won multiple awards. He is author of “A Guide to Asian High Yield Bonds”, published by John Wiley in 2014.
