DZ Bank has hired Kai Ebeling from Helaba to its financial DCM team, as the German bank seeks to strengthen its financial institutions and broader institutional footprint.

Based in Frankfurt, Ebeling will focus on clients from Canada, the UK and US. Since December 2021 he had held a similar role in Helaba’s FI/SSA origination team, and before that at NordLB in Hannover.

Ebeling reports to Matthias Ebert, who heads DZ’s origination team for financial institutions. The bank expects to announce an intermediate and a junior hire to the FIG team in the coming weeks.

DZ has also hired Philipp Bergmann from Commerzbank to its SSA DCM team, where he will be responsible for Nordic and CEE issuer coverage, reporting to acting head of SSA DCM Kai Poerschke.

“These hires are part of our strategic push to enlarge DZ Bank’s institutional footprint across primary and secondary debt markets,” said Friedrich Luithlen, head of DCM and syndicate, DZ Bank.