Jürgen Karcher, Managing director and country head of fixed income, Germany, Salomon Smith Barney

Pedro Solbes, Commissioner for monetary and economic affairs, European Union

Pedro Solbes, Commissioner for monetary and economic affairs, European Union

Salomon Smith Barney’s new recruit, Jürgen Karcher, is an esteemed fixed-income trader with an impressive track record, notably in the Pfandbrief market – for the past year he has been directing strategic planning at Germany’s largest mortgage bank, DePfa.

Former colleagues seem to have nothing but compliments for the well-mannered and always impeccably dressed native of Mannheim. “He’s extremely good at what he does,” says one who worked with him at Commerzbank.

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