Dos Santos Named Markit Head of Fixed-Income Business Strategy

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Frank Dos Santos has been named head of North America Business Strategy for Markit's Fixed-Income Pricing service, the firm announced on Tuesday.

Dos Santos, a 30-year vet of the fixed-income industry, comes to Markit after spending the past 13 years at S&P, most recently as global head of oversight, methodologies and analytical excellence for securities evaluations.

"I am delighted to join an innovative company like Markit, especially at this exciting time in the firm's history," Dos Santos said in a press release. "I look forward to contributing to the continued success of Markit's industry leading fixed income pricing services."

Markit's Fixed-Income Pricing service provides independent pricing, transparency and liquidity data for fixed-income instruments to support risk management, price verification, compliance and trading workflows.

"We are extremely excited to have someone of Frank's caliber join our team," Kiet Tran, Markit's global head of Fixed Income Pricing, said in a release. "Frank's extensive experience and knowledge of bond evaluations will drive the continued rapid expansion of our fixed-income pricing business."

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