South Street Securities Attending the 21st Annual GIOA Conference

South Street Securities is excited to announce that we will be attending the 21st Annual Government Investment Officers (GIOA) Conference in Las Vegas from March 11th to 13th, 2026.
Team member Stephanie Pucci, Managing Director - Sales & Marketing, and Jose Vega, Chief Investment Officer, will be representing South Street Securities at the event. The Government Investment Officers Association (GIOA) annual conference offers a wide range of sessions, workshops and networking events for investment professionals.

View the list of attendees below: www.gioa.us/files/2026/2.24_GIOA_Corporate_Attendees.pdf 

2026 GIOA Conference attendees can expect to learn about market trends (and more), while also gaining valuable insights from industry experts. The keynote speaker will facilitate a discussion on the political impacts of a new Fed Chair, a more "dovish Fed", K-shaped economy, slowing labor conditions, midterm elections and other important events on March 12th. Additional highlights from the agenda include:

• Federal Agency Market Update
• Intersection of Geopolitics and Macro
• Peer-to-Peer Sessions

To read the full agenda, visit:
www.gioa.us/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/GIOA2026Agenda.pdf

If you're attending the conference, be sure to say hello to Stephanie Pucci and Jose Vega. We look forward to seeing you there!

About Stephanie Pucci

Ms. Pucci joined South Street Securities LLC (“South Street”) in January of 2001 and is responsible for the repo sales and marketing activities of the firm. She works with firms to find solutions for their clients through various repo programs within South Street and its affiliates. Additionally, Ms. Pucci manages a sales team dedicated to these tasks.

Ms. Pucci was previously employed by Citicorp in 1994, working on both the government securities cash and treasury finance desks in New York and non-dollar finance desks in London. She completed her MBA at St. John’s University in Rome, Italy.

Ms. Pucci is FINRA Series 7, 24, 27 and 63 registered.

About Jose Vega

Mr. Vega joined Capital Markets Engineering & Trading LLC in 2005, where he has served the role of Chief Investment Officer (CIO) of South Street Securities LLC. He developed the MBS REIT finance platform and has spearheaded and advised on key strategic initiatives. His responsibilities include managing interest rate, liquidity and credit risk for the MBS repo portfolio.

Prior to joining, Mr. Vega worked at the Royal Bank of Canada in the treasury of the New York branch focusing on asset liability management for the balance sheet, along with managing repo, corporate and money market securities portfolios. Mr. Vega began his professional career in the Global Finance and Arbitrage group at Citicorp Securities. He completed the Citibank NA Management Associate Program in 1990. He was a founding member of Dresdner Securities USA LLC, where he designed and traded the proprietary matched book portfolio, in addition to developing the fixed income finance module for the newly formed broker-dealer. He graduated from Fairfield University with a degree in Finance and a minor in Information Systems.

Mr. Vega is FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 registered.

About Government Investment Officers Association

The Government Investment Officers Association (GIOA)'s main focus is on the day-to-day investment functions and duties of Government Investment Officers. The mission of the GIOA is the education and training of Government Investment Officers to assist them in their responsibilities as the guardians of taxpayers' monies.

About South Street Securities

South Street Securities LLC is a leading independent provider of specialized financing, servicing capital markets institutional asset managers (including traditional and hedge fund managers), real estate investment trusts ("REITs"), tri-party investors, mortgage lenders, midsize and middle market securities broker dealers, and corporate and government issuers. South Street Securities is a FICC Tier 1 member and a member of several major regulatory agencies, including FINRA, SIPC, OCC and NFA. The company operates from its New York headquarters and specializes in the following services: Repo dealer financing US Treasuries, Agency MBS, TBA Mortgage Origination Hedging, Equity Finance and Algorithmic Trade Execution.