Senior Investment Banker Eric Luftig joins New York City Office

NEW YORK - BMO Capital Markets, the investment and corporate banking arm of BMO Financial Group, announced yesterday that it has hired senior investment banker Eric Luftig as Managing Director in its Leveraged Finance group. Mr. Luftig will be based in the firm's New York City office and is responsible for debt and equity private placements.

"Eric's experience in private placements, including 20 years of solid deals, complements our team's overall mandate as we look to broaden our lead role participation in the leveraged financing arena. We are very pleased to have Eric join our team," said Jim Moglia, Executive Managing Director and Co-Head of the BMO Capital Markets Leveraged Finance group.

Mr. Luftig's investment banking experience over the last two decades includes senior roles at GE Capital Markets and CIBC World Markets in the field of private finance. He holds both an MBA and an undergraduate degree from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

The Leveraged Finance group consolidates BMO's leveraged loan and high yield bond expertise to ensure that clients are efficiently provided with comprehensive market-relevant debt solutions. Working closely with our Financial Sponsors and Debt Capital Markets teams, the Leveraged Finance group has the depth and breadth of experience to originate both publicly and privately offered debt securities for corporate and government issuers.