Laura Hickman and Chris Barkauskas Join EF Hutton America Inc. as Co-Heads of Family Office and Managing Directors, Institutional Sales
August 10, 2021 at 11:10 am EDT
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EF Hutton America Inc. announced the appointments of Laura Hickman and Chris Barkauskas as Co-Heads of Family Office and Managing Directors, Institutional Sales. Laura Hickman, Co-Head of Family Office and Managing Director, Institutional Sales, joins EF Hutton from JMP Securities where she served as Managing Director of Institutional Sales and the Co-Director of the Family Office Group. Mrs. Hickman’s highly successful career has been rooted in founding, fostering, and cultivating client relationships ranging from large institutional investors to private family capital. She has vast product knowledge across multiple sectors as well as public and private capital raise transaction experience. In addition to co-founding the Family Office Group at JMP Securities with Chris Barkauskas, Mrs. Hickman has over 14 years of Wall Street experience. Chris Barkauskas, who co-founded with Laura Hickman the Family Office Group of JMP Securities, brings over 25 years of Wall Street experience to EF Hutton, where he will serve as Co-Head of Family Office and Managing Director, Institutional Sales. With over two decades of transaction experience at bulge bracket and boutique firms including Bank of America and Cowen & Company, combined with his market intelligence, Mr. Barkauskas serves as a trusted resource and advisor for an extensive roster of clients. His clients include many of the largest and most sophisticated US and global investors.
HUTN, Inc., formerly EF Hutton America, Inc., is a holding company. The Company, through its subsidiary EF Hutton, Inc., is engaged in digital finance and investment services. It offers financial products such as the no commission investments and no commission online trade execution. It also offers value-added services, such as event-driven investing strategies. The Company also provides services through its mobile platform which includes phones and other wireless devices. The Company offers investment services to individuals. It also develops digital products and services and media related products and services. The Company, through its subsidiary EF Hutton Mobile Inc., develops mobile services. The Companyâs subsidiaries also include EF Hutton Investments LLC, EF Hutton Digital Services, Inc. and EF Hutton Media Group Inc.