Baird FICM Adds Jason Modak as Agency Mortgage Backed Securities Trader
STAMFORD, June 1, 2026 – Baird announced today that Jason Modak has joined the firm’s Fixed Income Capital Markets group as Senior Vice President, Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities Trader. In this role, Modak will be based in Stamford and focus on trading a broad range of agency mortgage-backed securities (MBS) products, including pass-throughs, Agency CMBS, CMOs, and TBA securities, helping provide liquidity and strategic execution to institutional clients.
Modak joins Baird with more than five years of fixed income and sales & trading experience. He previously served as an AVP at KeyBanc Capital Markets, where he held several trading roles across the firm’s sales and trading platform. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from the College of the Holy Cross.
We’re pleased to welcome Jason to our Sales & Trading platform. His experience across agency mortgage-backed securities trading and institutional markets will further strengthen our capabilities and support the continued growth of our platform.
Chris Bolger, Head of Institutional Fixed Income Trading
Baird offers a strong securitized product and asset-backed finance trading platform supported by deep market expertise, robust resources, and sophisticated analytics. Today, the platform comprises over 130 professionals, including analysts, traders and salespeople.
About Baird Fixed Income Capital Markets
Baird’s Fixed Income Capital Markets platform is composed of seasoned professionals focusing on Sales & Trading and Public Finance. Our Sales & Trading team delivers precise trade execution, timely analysis and unique ideas from a team of tenured product specialists in the areas of corporate credit, government and agency, municipal and securitized products. We continue to strategically grow our business by expanding our product expertise, service offerings and broadening our reach to best support the needs of our clients and institutional investors.
About Baird
Baird is an employee-owned, international wealth management, asset management, investment banking/capital markets and private equity firm with more than 200 offices worldwide. Established in 1919, Baird has approximately 5,460 associates serving the needs of individual, corporate, institutional and municipal clients. Baird has more than $560 billion in client assets as of December 31, 2025. Committed to being a great place to work, Baird ranked No. 16 on the 2026 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list – its 23rd consecutive year on the list. Baird is the marketing name of Baird Financial Group. Baird’s principal operating subsidiaries are Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and Baird Trust Company in the United States and Robert W. Baird Group Ltd. in Europe. Robert W. Baird Limited and Baird Capital Partners Europe Limited are authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. For more information, please visit Baird’s website at www.rwbaird.com.
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