Investment banking firm adds CLO/CDO trading head

Jefferies today announced the appointment of Sharif Anbar-Colas in London as a managing director and head of CLO and CDO trading, confirming Creditflux's report last week. He will be responsible for all CLO/CDO trading within the firm's broader mortgage- and ABS group, part of the fixed income division at Jefferies. The firm’s MBS/ABS group now includes approximately 85 sales, trading and origination professionals in the US, London, Tokyo and Hong Kong.

Anbar-Colas joins Jefferies from Cohen & Company, where he was a managing director and head of European ABS and global CLO Trading. Previously, he worked at UBS, where he was executive director and head of global CDO trading. Prior to that, he worked at Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers in a variety of sales and trading positions.