Press release -
JOOL Markets AS appoints new Senior Advisor
JOOL Markets AS announced today that Jan Bak has joined the firm as Senior Advisor with responsibility for the Danish Market. Jan has worked in financial markets throughout his entire career. He started as a Portfolio Manager at Danica before moving on to Citigroup. He spent 17 years at Citi in various management and executive roles in Holland, San Francisco and London. Later he joined the executive management team of Saxo Bank with responsibility for its Global Institutional Business. In 2016 he founded Fairmile Partners - focused on connecting capital between investors and alternative investment opportunities.
Jan Bak comments: ”JOOL has created a strong platform and taken leadership in disrupting an important part of the financial eco-system. JOOL provides small and medium sized companies with alternative debt financing and connects them with investors seeking higher yielding products. I look forward to supporting JOOL in expanding this into the Danish market place.”
Thorvald H. Steen, Managing Director said ”Jan has worked in international finance since he started his career. With his experience he will bring valuable competence to our team, and enable us to work towards the Danish market. We are very pleased to include him in our organisation”.
JOOL Capital Partner AB structures financial products, focusing mainly on corporate bonds and fixed income investments. Headquartered in Gothenburg, Sweden, we are also represented in Stockholm, Oslo, Bergen, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. JOOL is a market leader in the Nordic corporate bond market within the SEK 30–200 million segment. We are a wholesale distributor of alternative investment products with over 150 partners world wide and we are catering global distribution platforms, such as Institutions, Private Banks, IFA's and Family Offices. Through the JOOL Markets AS subsidiary, JOOL is authorized by the Norwegian Financial Service Authority to carry out a broad range of investment services and associated activities in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Iceland and Germany.
JOOL Group