Citi hires George Friedlander as senior municipal strategist. Again...

Citigroup, Inc, a known global leader in financial sector has recruited a 62 years old George Friedlander, municipal bond strategist to the position of the bank’s senior U.S. municipal securities strategist in New York.  Previously Friedlander worked for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney.

“We are delighted that he has now decided to re-join Citi and build a full-service municipal securities strategy unit. From this position he will be able to serve both U.S. retail and global institutional clients, as the asset class itself attracts a more global investor base,” commented Citigroup executives Richard Pagan and Howard Marsh wrote.

Mr. Friedlander has graduated from the State University of New York at Stony Brook with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and received an MBA from Pace University in New York.

Also he was named to Institutional Investor’s “All-American Research Team” for 14 years.