Knight Libertas, a subsidiary of Knight Capital Group, has expanded its fixed income research team with the appointment of Charles R. Mounts as managing director and Christopher A. Recouso as director.

Mounts is the former co-head of fixed income, currencies and commodities research at UBS, while Recouso is an analyst specialising in emerging markets.

At Knight Libertas, Mounts will be responsible for coverage of the financial sector and Recouso will cover emerging markets issuers and distressed debt.

"Clients of Knight Libertas find our research reports thorough, insightful and timely," says Tim Daileader, managing director, director of research at Knight Libertas. "We're assembling an experienced team covering the US and emerging markets across several sectors. As a firm, we are pleased to welcome Chuck and Chris under a continual effort to expand our capabilities and help institutional clients with their fixed income investment objectives."

Knight Libertas is an institutional fixed income broker-dealer providing research, sales, trading and capital markets services across a broad range of securities.