Piper Sandler expands fixed income non-agency team with five hires

Piper Sandler Companies announces the hiring of Royce Sharp, Cliff Johnson, John Duffy and Haley Rubin as managing directors, in addition to Deb Comunale as a vice president. Royce Sharp and Cliff Johnson join Piper Sandler from Amherst Pierpont Securities, bringing more than two decades of experience building a non-agency RMBS business. Significant additions to the firm’s sales force includes John Duffy who brings over 20 years of trusted institutional sales experience, most recently as an executive director at Daiwa Securities (DSEEY). Haley Rubin joins Piper Sandler from Mesirow Financial where she was a managing director in institutional sales. And finally, Deb Comunale who served as a structured products salesperson at Citigroup.