Vasseghi heads to UBS

STAMFORD, CT – UBS has hired Michael Vasseghi as head of US macro structuring in Stamford, Connecticut.

Vasseghi joined this month following a brief stint at Icap in New York, where he worked in counterparty credit risk. He is responsible for marketing macro transactions through distribution channels, reporting locally to Brad Macur, head of fixed structuring.

Prior to Icap, he spent 15 years at Merrill Lynch, where he worked in a managing directorial capacity. Vasseghi ran US structuring for