Credit Suisse makes fixed-income hires in Sydney

Credit Suisse has made three new hires to its fixed-income sales and coverage teams in Sydney for its Australian investment banking business, reflecting strong momentum in corporate sales and structured products, says the bank.

Chris Dickman has joined as head of institutional and middle-market sales for fixed-income, Australia and New Zealand. Dickman was previously head of structured product sales at Commonwealth Bank of Australia.

In addition, Clare-Louise Nightingale is appointed as director, responsible for the corporate derivatives business in Australia and New Zealand. Before the move, she handled fixed-income and commodity swaps sales for Goldman Sachs JBWere.

Adam Roberts-Thomson joins Nightingale's team as a vice-president. He was previously at JP Morgan, where he was in corporate derivatives sales.

The fixed-income retail structured products team recently partnered with California-based investment manager Pimco to launch the Principal-Protected Yield Fund, which offers investors exposure to a portfolio of potentially high-yielding investments in bond funds.