Gayla Perkins Lopez
Profile
Ms. Lopez has been with Commerce Street since its inception in October 2007.
In April 1988, she helped found the Dallas office of SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc., Commerce Street’s predecessor firm, where she held a number of positions in client management and office management.
Ms. Lopez has been in the securities industry since 1980 and was previously with Southwest Securities, Thomson McKinnon Securities and Schneider, Bernet and Hickman in Dallas.
Ms. Lopez received a BA degree from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and holds multiple securities licenses.
Former positions of Gayla Perkins Lopez
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
| Schneider Bernet & Hickman, Inc. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Hilltop Securities, Inc.
 Hilltop Securities, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Hilltop Securities, Inc. (dba HilltopSecurities) is a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1946 as Southwest Securities, Inc. and they a subsidiary of Hilltop Securities Holdings LLC. Hilltop Securities provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc.
 SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1987, SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Austin, Texas with additional offices in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, New York City and Edmund, Oklahoma. The firm specializes in serving financial institutions. Their expertise lies in public finance and trading, institutional sales, taxable fixed-income trading, high yield and public funds management. SAMCO provides advisory services to issuers of municipal debt in the Southwest and Southeast U.S. Their traders and underwriters make primary and secondary markets in municipal bonds on a national basis. The firm provides advisory services to issuers of municipal debt in the Southwestern and Southeastern U.S. SAMCO's institutional sales department provides coverage of both tier-one national accounts, regional banks and trust departments. They are a leading distributor in the Southwestern U.S. for bank-qualified new issuances. The firm is active in trading and positioning taxable fixed-income securities, including U.S. Treasuries, Agencies, mortgage backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, corporate securities and municipal bonds, including high yield. SAMCO's public funds management group specializes in investment, financial management and banking for public entities such as counties, cities and school districts. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
| Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
Commerce Street Capital LLC
 Commerce Street Capital LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 2007 by William Gross, Commerce Street Capital LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in Duluth, Georgia. The firm is wholly-owned subsidiary of Commerce Street Holdings LLC. Commerce Street Capital specializes in municipal and high-yield corporate bonds. | Chief Administrative Officer | - |
Training of Gayla Perkins Lopez
| Southern Methodist University | Undergraduate Degree |
Experiences
Positions held
Linked companies
| Private companies | 5 |
|---|---|
Commerce Street Capital LLC
Commerce Street Capital LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 2007 by William Gross, Commerce Street Capital LLC is a registered broker/dealer located in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in Duluth, Georgia. The firm is wholly-owned subsidiary of Commerce Street Holdings LLC. Commerce Street Capital specializes in municipal and high-yield corporate bonds. | Finance |
SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc.
SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1987, SAMCO Capital Markets, Inc. is a broker/dealer headquartered in Austin, Texas with additional offices in Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, New York City and Edmund, Oklahoma. The firm specializes in serving financial institutions. Their expertise lies in public finance and trading, institutional sales, taxable fixed-income trading, high yield and public funds management. SAMCO provides advisory services to issuers of municipal debt in the Southwest and Southeast U.S. Their traders and underwriters make primary and secondary markets in municipal bonds on a national basis. The firm provides advisory services to issuers of municipal debt in the Southwestern and Southeastern U.S. SAMCO's institutional sales department provides coverage of both tier-one national accounts, regional banks and trust departments. They are a leading distributor in the Southwestern U.S. for bank-qualified new issuances. The firm is active in trading and positioning taxable fixed-income securities, including U.S. Treasuries, Agencies, mortgage backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, corporate securities and municipal bonds, including high yield. SAMCO's public funds management group specializes in investment, financial management and banking for public entities such as counties, cities and school districts. | Finance |
| Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc. | Finance |
Hilltop Securities, Inc.
Hilltop Securities, Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Hilltop Securities, Inc. (dba HilltopSecurities) is a broker/dealer firm headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The firm was founded in 1946 as Southwest Securities, Inc. and they a subsidiary of Hilltop Securities Holdings LLC. Hilltop Securities provides a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. | Finance |
| Schneider Bernet & Hickman, Inc. |
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