Article: Large Bank Pain, Small Firm Gain; Mid-market firms trying to build up leveraged finance groups find the pickings are good.(Leveraged Finance)

Byline: Matthew Sheahan

A sea change is stirring in the sales and trading world of leveraged finance. The shakeout at the large banks has been countered by high-yield debt and distressed groups forming or expanding at smaller firms. And these firms will grab a larger share of the sales and trading market in leveraged finance, sources say.

For new and smaller firms undertaking the task of assembling or growing leveraged finance groups, there is a glut of available talent in the market.

Allen Oppici, a former Credit Suisse director of fixed income trading who now serves as head of fixed income sales and trading at Concept Capital, said that while ...

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