B. Riley Financial, Inc. appoints Dyke Minix joins as Managing Director, Credit Trading and Sales. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Minix served as a credit trader and Head Retail Trader at Hilltop Securities, specializing in institutional and correspondent clearing for both investment grade and high yield credit. Additionally, he previously served as Account Manager at Valubond. Brendan Laird joins as Managing Director, where he will be focused on institutional fixed income sales and trading. He previously served as a credit sales-trader at Hilltop Securities and is a former United States Marine. Deepak Devaraj joins as Director, focusing on institutional fixed income sales and trading. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Devaraj served as an institutional fixed income trader at Southwest Securities. Additionally, he previously started a food truck company, The Grilled Cheese Truck, which was subsequently sold to private equity group, Trilogy Capital Partners. Seamus Laird joins as Vice President, focusing on institutional fixed income sales and trading. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Laird served as credit sales trader at Hilltop Securities and an analyst at ULINE. Vesta Marks Jr. joins as Electronic Trading Systems Administrator specializing in portfolio management, investment analysis, portfolio construction, and risk management. He previously served as Executive Director and Portfolio Manager at Palmer Square Capital Management LLC, and as Portfolio Manager at Semper Capital Management.