{"id":107252,"date":"2025-09-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/ali-khalpey-tapped-to-lead-cantor-fitzgeralds-middle-east-investment-banking-capital-markets-business\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T00:00:00","slug":"ali-khalpey-tapped-to-lead-cantor-fitzgeralds-middle-east-investment-banking-capital-markets-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2025\/09\/08\/ali-khalpey-tapped-to-lead-cantor-fitzgeralds-middle-east-investment-banking-capital-markets-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Ali Khalpey tapped to lead Cantor Fitzgerald\u2019s Middle East investment banking + capital markets business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cantor<\/strong> Fitzgerald hires ex-EFG banker to lead Middle East push: <\/strong>US investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald appointed our friend and former EFG Hermes equity capital markets head Ali Khalpey (LinkedIn<\/a>) to lead its Middle East investment banking and capital markets business, Bloomberg<\/a> reports, citing a staff memo it has seen. Khalpey, who starts in October and will be based in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, is tasked with building a 25-50 person team.<\/p>\n

REMEMBER- <\/strong>Other investment banks looking to boost their regional presence include JPMorgan, currently planning to grow its staff by 100 across its Middle East operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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