SBC Warburg names Muhr to head global fixed income

Karlheinz Muhr, who left CS First Boston in February, assumed the post of head of global fixed-income trading, sales and syndicate for SBC Warburg, running the operation from New York. A Swiss Bank spokesperson confirmed Muhr's new position, adding that he joins as managing director. SBC Warburg is the new global investment bank resulting from Swiss Bank Corp.'s acquisition of London merchant bank SG Warburg & Co.

At one time Muhr, an Austrian, had run fixed-income sales for CS First Boston in Europe. Associates in London say he spearheaded a widespread fixed-income...