Amherst Holdings LLC, an Austin, Texas-based company that assists institutional investors in the U.S. residential mortgage market, is expanding overseas to Asia. Paul Kan, previously a senior vice president and senior trader of mortgage-backed securities and securitized products for Asia at Lehman Brothers, has been named managing director of the new Hong Kong-based venture. The company said its initial focus will be on facilitating securities transactions in the United States between Asian accounts and Amherst's broker-dealer affiliate, Amherst Securities Group LP.
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