Wells Fargo Securities announced Thomas Curran has joined as managing director and head of Insurance Investment Banking and Capital Markets Solutions.  In this new role, he will be advising on and developing capital markets products and solutions to meet the changing needs of insurance industry customers.  Curran is based in New York and reports to Scott Heberton, head of Financial Institutions Investment Baking and Capital Markets group.
 
“Tom brings to the team years of investment banking experience, insurance sector expertise and deep customer relationships,” stated Heberton. “Under his leadership, we will continue to build on our strong foundation and seek new opportunities to deliver value to our customers utilizing the broad capabilities housed within Wells Fargo and Wells Fargo Securities.”
 
Prior to joining Wells Fargo Securities, Curran served as head of the Financial Institutions Debt Capital Markets and Solutions at UBS Investment Bank. In his role, he was responsible for originating and executing capital management initiatives including, debt/hybrid offerings, reserve financings, contingent capital, capital relief and yield enhancement solutions. He also served as a director in Merrill Lynch’s Debt Capital Markets Financial Institutions Group. Before joining Merrill, Curran held increasing senior roles at MetLife, Inc., both in their Tax Department and Corporate Treasury offices.
 
Wells Fargo Securities delivers a comprehensive set of capital markets products and services, including public debt and equity origination and distribution, investment research, interest rate, commodity and equity risk hedging, mergers and acquisitions advice, prime services, structured lending facilities and municipal bond origination. The institutional capital markets business is comprised of more than 4,000 team members in 40+ offices across the U.S., Europe and Asia.