Steve Buell Joins Piper Jaffray as New Head of Investment Research to Lead the Firm's Growing Team of Equity Research Analysts
May 21 2008 - 9:27AM
Business Wire
Piper Jaffray & Co. announced it has hired Steve Buell as the
new head of investment research to lead the firm�s investment
research team. Buell, who has nearly 10 years of management
experience in equity research, will be based in the firm�s New York
office and will also work out of the firm�s headquarters in
Minneapolis. Buell joins Piper Jaffray from Thomas Weisel Partners
LLC where he was a senior managing director and head of research.
Previously, he held similar roles as global director of research at
Prudential Equity Group, Inc.; director of research at Dreyfus
Corporation; and global director of research at ING Barings/Furman
Selz. Prior to ING, he gained experience as a pharmaceutical and
biotech analyst at several firms, including Oppenheimer & Co.;
Kidder Peabody; and EF Hutton. �Steve brings a wide range of
perspectives from many different firms to Piper Jaffray and also
has deep relationships in the business,� said Bob Peterson, head of
equities at Piper Jaffray. �His high level of experience and
leadership ability will help us drive our strategic efforts in
equity research and greatly benefit the investment research team at
the firm.� �The investment research team at Piper Jaffray comprises
some of the best equity research analysts in the industry and I am
excited to lead this experienced group in providing unique and
value-added investment ideas to the firm�s institutional client
base,� said Buell. Among his many academic honors, Buell earned a
bachelor�s degree in biology from the University of Colorado, a
Ph.D. in neuroscience from the School of Medicine at the University
of Rochester, and completed his National Institutes of Health (NIH)
postdoctoral fellowship at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. He
currently serves as the chairman of the Securities Industry and
Financial Markets Association�s (SIFMA) research committee and is a
member of SIFMA�s institutional brokerage committee. Buell
previously served on SIFMA�s task force on unbundling and
commission transparency. About Piper Jaffray Piper Jaffray
Companies is a leading, international middle-market investment bank
and institutional securities firm, serving the needs of
middle-market corporations, private equity groups, public entities,
nonprofit clients and institutional investors. Founded in 1895,
Piper Jaffray provides a comprehensive set of products and
services, including equity and debt capital markets products;
public finance services; mergers and acquisitions advisory
services; high-yield and structured products; institutional equity
and fixed-income sales and trading; and equity and high-yield
research. With headquarters in Minneapolis, Piper Jaffray has 25
offices across the United States and international locations in
London, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. Piper Jaffray & Co. is the
firm's principal operating subsidiary. (NYSE: PJC)
(http://www.piperjaffray.com) Since 1895. Member SIPC and FINRA. �
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