RBC Capital Markets Appoints Francisco Gonzalez to
U.S. Municipal Finance Group
NEW YORK, November 3, 2010 — RBC Capital
Markets today announced the appointment of Francisco Gonzalez
to its U.S. Municipal Finance Group. He joins as a managing
director based in New York, and will report to Jim Tricolli,
head of the group's East region.
In his new role, Gonzalez will work primarily in the Large
Issuer group, responsible for covering large municipal issuers
and infrastructure clients along the U.S. East Coast and Mid-Atlantic
states, as well as Puerto Rico. In addition to this mandate,
Gonzalez will also work on Public-Private Partnerships (P3)
and Infrastructure projects, coordinating closely with the
firm's Infrastructure Finance business. He joins one of the
largest Municipal Finance practices in the U.S., with more
than 340 professionals based in 26 cities.
Gonzalez joins RBC Capital Markets from Goldman Sachs, where
he spent 19 years, most recently as a managing director in
the firm's Public Sector and Infrastructure group. In that
role, he was responsible for leading teams with coverage responsibility
for Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Massachusetts and other Northeast
states, and Puerto Rico. In the area of P3 advisory and infrastructure
finance, he led or participated in major toll road assignments
in the U.S., Mexico, Brazil and Puerto Rico.
"We are pleased to have such a deeply seasoned professional
like Francisco join RBC Capital Markets as we continue to
further enhance our position as one of the 'Big Seven' municipal
finance firms in the United States," said Chris Hamel,
RBC Capital Markets' head of Municipal Finance. "Francisco's
expertise in working with large municipal issuers will be
instrumental in our efforts to best utilize RBC's powerful
distribution capabilities to serve the needs of public sector
and infrastructure clients."
RBC Capital Markets' U.S. Municipal Finance Group provide
products and services annually to hundreds of municipal issuers
across a broad range of sectors including healthcare, higher
education, student housing, education, public power, special
districts, student loans and transportation. The firm is one
of the country's most active underwriters of municipal bonds
in terms of total number of senior managed issues, underwriting
hundreds of issues annually.
About RBC Capital Markets
RBC Capital Markets is the corporate and investment banking
arm of the Royal Bank of Canada (TSX: RY; NYSE: RY) and is
active globally in debt and equity origination, sales and
trading, foreign exchange, infrastructure finance, and structured
products across a number of industry sectors. Its North American
platform includes a significant U.S. investment banking franchise
and leading equity and fixed income underwriting, sales, trading
and research businesses.
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Contacts:
Kait Conetta, RBC, (212) 428-6409, kait.conetta@rbc.com
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