photo of Paul E. Pliesteri Paul E. Pliester
Senior Managing Director
Institutional Sales and Trading

Chicago, IL
+1 312.595.6724

Areas of Focus: Fixed-Income Investing and Trading

Profile:
  • Head of preferred stock trading, syndicate and sales
  • Almost 40 years of experience trading preferred stocks
  • Joined Mesirow Financial in 1994 from Kemper Securities
  • Previously held senior level positions at various financial services firms including, Raymond James, Shearson Lehman, Paine Webber and Kidder Peabody
  • Holds FINRA Series 7, Series 8, Series 24, Series 55 and Series 63 licenses
Education:
  • B.A., New York University
Affiliations:
  • Preferred Stock Traders Association, co-founder and first president