Pali International Continues European Expansion

LONDON -

- More Bulge Bracket Veterans Jump To Independent Firm

Pali International, an independent, full-service institutional securities firm and investment bank, announced today the latest in a string of new hires designed to advance the firm’s presence in Europe. Simon French, an equity research analyst focused on leisure companies, joined the firm today from UBS. Several weeks ago Michael Harrison, an equity sales trader from New Star Asset Management, and Jason Lello and David Cansell, equity sales traders from Merrill Lynch, also joined the firm.

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These hires, along with numerous others over the past six months, have increased the firm’s European roster to 65 employees. Collectively, these individuals have significantly strengthened Pali’s expertise in fundamental and event-driven sales, research and trading.

Commenting on the recent additions, Kevin Fisher, President of Pali, said, “During the past six months Pali International has attracted some of the leading professionals in the industry. Their knowledge, insight and expertise have broadened our platform and provided our clients with even greater service and execution capabilities.”

Below is a list of recent hires at Pali International in Europe:

- December 16, 2008 - Douglas Goodwin joined from Lehman Brothers to co-head event-driven sales and trading. - December 16, 2008 - Amit Sarkar joined from Lehman Brothers to co-head event-driven sales and trading. - December 16, 2008 - Daniel Dupont joined from Lehman Brothers as an event-driven desk analyst. - January 20, 2009 - Daryn Soards, formerly of Deutsche Bank and Marshall Wace Asset Management, joined to help build out the event-driven and derivatives business. - February 15, 2009 - Rob Cook joined from Morgan Stanley as a sales trader. - February 15, 2009 - Florent Quennette joined from Lehman Brothers as an event-driven desk analyst. - March 13, 2009 - Jeremy Pepper joined from Jefferies International Ltd. in equity sales. - May 5, 2009 - Sean Landers joined from Atlantic Equities to build US equity research sales in Europe. - May 13, 2009 - Adele Gil Rodriguez joined from Jefferies International Ltd. in equity sales. - May 18, 2009 - Jason Lello joined from Merrill Lynch as a Pan-European sales trader. - May 18, 2009 - David Cansell joined from Merrill Lynch as a Pan-European sales trader. - May 20, 2009 - Michael Harrison joined from New Star Asset Management as an equity sales trader. - July 1, 2009 - Simon French joined from UBS as an equity research analyst following leisure companies.

About Pali International

Pali International is the international arm of Pali Holdings, Inc., an independent, global financial services firm and investment bank serving institutional clients since 1995. Pali offers equity, fixed income, and derivatives sales and trading, equity research, structured finance, and corporate finance and advisory services. The firm maintains primary offices in New York and London, with additional offices in San Francisco, Chicago, Boston, Minneapolis, Boca Raton and Summit, NJ. Please visit www.pali.com for additional information.

Source: Pali International

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