TD Bank Group announced the significant expansion of its Global Financial Institutions ("FIG") Investment Banking coverage in the US as well as other product areas, including Equity Sales, Equity Capital Markets, Debt Capital Markets, and Equity Research. With these additions, the TD Securities Global FIG team will offer a full suite of products and services to a growing group of Financial Institutions clients.

The expanded Global FIG Investment Banking team will be co-led by Managing Directors Geoff Bertram in Toronto and Jim Spencer in New York. Geoff brings more than 23 years of experience in North American Capital Markets, including 12 years with TD Securities' Equity Capital Markets Group. Jim brings more than 25 years of experience, most recently at Credit Suisse where he was Head of Americas for the Financial Institutions Group since 2014.

Michael Giudice, Alston Lambert, Arvind Sriram, David Stolzar, Eric Tell, and Taryn Widén also join the Global FIG Investment Banking team.

"We are thrilled to announce our expanded Global FIG business and the growth of our offerings across North America," said Tim Wiggan, Co-Head of Global Investment Banking at TD Securities. "Geoff, Jim, and the entire team bring decades of industry knowledge and deep expertise that will be instrumental in the group's success."

"The growth of our Global FIG team is a tremendous step for the combined TD Cowen and TD Securities platforms," said Larry Wieseneck, Co-Head of Global Investment Banking at TD Securities. "Tim and I are excited to watch the team continue to build its Financial Institutions business delivering a full suite of solutions to our clients."

As part of this expansion, TD Securities has also made key hires across its Global Markets and Research teams. Scott Smith joins as Managing Director, Equity Sales. Bill Katz, Andrew Kligerman, and Moshe Orenbuch join as Senior Research Analysts.