Winterflood Securities sales trader joins Peel Hunt

Incoming individual has departed Winterflood Securities after five and a half years.

Peel Hunt has appointed Yasmin Pyle as sales trader, she joins from Winterflood Securities.

She spent five and a half years at Winterflood Securities, most recently as a sales trader having been appointed to the role in August 2023.

Pyle announced her new position in a social media post.

In recent times, Winterflood – whose parent company is Close Brothers – saw its annual profits collapse by 75% to £3.5 million in 2023, as investors shunned mid and small-cap stocks. 

Read more: Oaktree to pick up Close Brothers Asset Management in £200 million deal 

Following this, Winterflood cut twenty positions across its London office, including six traders, as revealed by The TRADE. 

Peel Hunt had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publishing.

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