Amias Berman Co, a fixed-income advisory, origination and brokerage firm formed earlier this year, announced that the UK Financial Services Authority has granted regulatory approval for its international activities based in London and said it will begin operations immediately. Its sister company, Amias Berman Hong Kong, is in the process of seeking approval from the Securities and Futures Commission in Hong Kong.
The firm, founded by Jeremy Amias, the former head of fixed income, currencies and commodities for Citi in Asia, and Charlie Berman, the former co-head of fixed-income capital markets for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, also at Citi, has also just started marketing its first transaction.
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