NEW YORK, March 29, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that John Pantalena has joined the firm as a Senior Managing Director in the firm’s leveraged finance group.

Mr. Pantalena joins Guggenheim from Bank of America Merrill Lynch where he served as Managing Director in the Global Leveraged Finance Investment Banking group, focused on advising energy, power, and natural resources companies. Prior to joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch in 2003, he began his career at Fleet Securities in Boston, MA.

“We are excited that John has joined our leveraged finance team,” said Mark Van Lith, Co-CEO of Guggenheim Securities and Head of Investment Banking. “John’s deep understanding of the leveraged finance markets, particularly in the energy sector, is an important addition to our growing leveraged finance capabilities at Guggenheim. We look forward to his continued success.”

Mr. Pantalena received his B.S. in Economics from Cornell University. He is based in Guggenheim’s New York Office.

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1Assets under management are as of 12.31.2017 and include consulting services for clients whose assets are valued at approximately $66bn.

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