Investment Banking

Citigroup dealmaking head Dickson hired by Blackstone for key credit unit

Vis Raghavan will assume day-to-day responsibility for Citi’s investment bank

Dickson leaves Citigroup after 30 years at the Wall Street bank
Dickson leaves Citigroup after 30 years at the Wall Street bank Photo: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images

Citigroup’s global head of investment banking has been hired by private equity giant Blackstone to lead a new division within its credit unit.

Tyler Dickson, who was installed as sole head of Citi’s dealmaking unit in a shake-up last year, will join Blackstone overseeing its institutional client solutions team within its credit and insurance business, the firm said in a statement.

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