Direct Access Partners has hired marketing professionals from Channel Capital Group for its prime brokerage unit, HedgeWeek reports. The firm has appointed George Lucaci as head of the team, along with Eric Blessing, Tom Boyle and Edward Kuhnel.

Lucaci joined Direct Access as a senior managing director and has marketed a range of fixed income, foreign exchange and derivative products for Citigroup for 25 years. Blessing spent seven years as a marketer for Channel and has also worked with First Union. Boyle has experience in capital raising through his stint at private equity firm, Cliffe Capital.

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