NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Auerbach Grayson & Company, LLC, a leading global institutional brokerage firm, announced today that it has added 6 senior institutional salestraders and opened a new office in Garden City, NY. This comes during a time of significant growth and expansion for Auerbach Grayson, and serves to augment its existing Global Block and Program Trading businesses.

Joining Auerbach Grayson, effective today, are Conrad Hopkins and Douglas Modico as Managing Directors, and Bryan Klopfer, Carmine Curra, Christian Weston, and Christian “Chip” Renkowski as Directors of Equity Sales and Trading. This team, previously with KCG, is among the industry’s top institutional trading teams, and will enhance AGCO’s existing world class offering in both block and program trading

Alex Seiler, President of Auerbach Grayson noted, “In a liquidity driven environment, Auerbach Grayson has married its global footprint with a group of highly regarded sales and trading professionals.”

Doug Rivelli, Co-Head of US Equities and Global Program Trading commented, “We are happy to welcome this entire team to AGCO. These additions will dramatically strengthen our ability to service both existing and new clients, and provide them with an unparalleled pool of natural liquidity and execution performance.”

Added Todd Trimmer, Co-Head of US Equities, “This new team significantly enhances our depth and adds to our already strong talent in the block and program trading businesses.”

Commented Conrad Hopkins, “Auerbach Grayson is an extraordinary global institutional research and trading firm that provides clients with a level of service and global expertise that is truly second-to-none. Our entire team is excited to be joining Auerbach Grayson.”

About Auerbach Grayson (www.agco.com)

Founded in 1993 in New York City by Jonathan Auerbach and David Grayson, Auerbach Grayson offers a full range of global in-depth research, trade execution and settlement services in equities, derivatives and fixed-income instruments to U.S. institutional clients through its network of local broking partners in over 125 countries. In addition, the firm provides and implements hedging and arbitrage strategies. Morgan Stanley is a minority investor in Auerbach Grayson. Auerbach Grayson is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC).