The
Bear Stearns Cos. exodus continues, and the latest beneficiary is Jefferies International Ltd., which beefed up its global equities business,
hiring 25 equity sales, sales-trading, trading and research professionals formerly of Bear Stearns' London offices.
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Among those joining Jefferies are Andrew Shortland as head of international
equities, Hamish MacLellan as head of international equity sales and
Omar Saad as head of international equity trading.
Shortland spent 16 years at Bear Stearns, where he was a senior managing director,
head of international equities trading and a member of the firm's
management committee. Previously, he spent three years at Morgan
Stanley in London and New York. MacLellan was a senior managing
director at Bear, where he worked for twelve years. Saad spent five
years at Bear and previously spent six years with ING Groep NV in London and New
York.
Additionally, equity research analysts Nick Bell and James
Shuck join Jefferies to cover the European media and insurance
industries, respectively. Bell was most recently a senior managing
director and head of European media research at Bear Stearns, where he
spent 10 years. Shuck was a vice president at Bear Stearns, where he
spent seven years.
Separately, Jefferies hired Mark Fisher
as a managing director and head of European technology investment
banking, and named Hugh Sandeman head of European telecom investment
banking. Fisher was most recently a managing director and head of
European technology investment banking at Citigroup Inc., where he
worked for eight years.
Before joining Jefferies last year,
Sandeman was head of business development for India at the London Stock
Exchange plc. Previously, he spent 18 years as an investment banker at
Dresdner Kleinwort and Merrill Lynch & Co. in New York, Tokyo,
London and Frankfurt. - Baz Hiralal
See press release about the 25 Bear Stearns hires from Jefferies
See press release about tech banking hires from Jefferies
See Dealwatch: Bear Stearns exodus
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