TABB Group has hired Tom Lehrkinder and Callie Bost as research analysts to further strengthen their derivatives practice. Lehrkinder and Bost are based in New York and will focus on the global listed derivatives markets for TABB’s research and consulting practices, reporting to Andy Nybo, partner, global head of research and consulting.

“TABB Group has remained dedicated to its core service of providing unbiased capital markets insight and subsequently continued to grow the practice with a banner year in 2015,” says Larry Tabb, founder and CEO of TABB Group. “Alongside our steady growth, we’ve addressed the need for expanded support with strategic hires like Tom Lehrkinder and Callie Bost and, as a result, we look forward to utilizing the extensive experience and insight each brings to bolster our research and advisory knowledge for the derivatives space.”

A seasoned industry professional, Lehrkinder brings to TABB more than 25 years’ experience with listed derivatives, including front-office sales and trading, operations, risk management, IT management, product development and control, as well as compliance. Most recently, he was the global project manager at TradingScreen, supporting multiple product development streams. Additionally, Lehrkinder previously held positions with Jefferies Bach, HSBC and Credit Suisse.

Bost focuses her analysis on market structure, regulation, technology and trader psychology in exchange-traded options and futures. She joins TABB from her role as a reporter for Bloomberg News, where she contributed to coverage of U.S. equities and options on broad-market indices, ETF (exchange-traded funds) and single stocks, and was responsible for the daily options column. She also covered corporate bonds and credit default swaps (CDS) for their news operation.

About TABB Group

With offices in New York and London, TABB Group is the international research and consulting firm focused exclusively on capital markets, based on the interview-based, “first-person knowledge” research methodology developed by Larry Tabb. For more information, visit www.tabbgroup.com.