Oren Benzaquen

Managing Director at Guggenheim Securities

Speaker

Oren Benzaquen is a Managing Director and Head of Non-Agency RMBS at Guggenheim Securities, where he leads secondary trading across the non-agency residential mortgage-backed securities space as well as non-CUSIP mortgage opportunities. He joined the firm in February 2024.

Prior to Guggenheim, Oren spent over 12 years at Barclays, where he rose through a series of trading roles before ultimately running the Non-Agency RMBS trading desk. During his tenure, he developed deep expertise across the full spectrum of non-agency mortgage products — from CRT and non-QM to more specialized areas including reverse mortgages, RTL, and small balance commercial.

Oren holds a B.A. in Economics–Mathematics from Columbia University.