LOS ANGELES—[March 10, 2011]--B. Riley & Co., LLC, (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com, a leading independent investment bank which provides a full array of corporate finance, research, sales, and trading services announced the addition of six professionals to the firm.
In the Sales and Trading department, the firm has added:
Rick Waks
Mr. Waks comes to B. Riley from Heflin & Co, LLC where he was a Partner and formerly President and CEO. Prior to that, he served as Executive VP, Partner and Head of Institutional Equities at Imperial Capital, LLC. Mr. Waks started his career as a Sales Trader at SC Bernstein in New York in 1985, and moved to Southern California with Kidder Peabody in 1990. He subsequently managed regional trading desks for Schroders, and JP Morgan. Mr. Waks holds a BS degree from SUNY Albany and an MBA with a focus in Statistics and Quantitative Analysis from the University of Michigan. Mr. Waks will be based in the Los Angeles office.
Joe Bergin
Mr. Bergin has over 25 years of financial business experience spanning all aspects of the industry including sales, trading, investment banking and capital markets. Most recently Mr. Bergin was Senior Vice President in the institutional equity sales group at Jefferies and Company. Prior to that, he was a private client, high net worth advisor in the Los Angeles area at firms including Oppenheimer and Bear Stearns Inc. Mr. Bergin will be based in the Los Angeles office.
Peter Latour
Mr. Latour has more than 15 years of experience in institutional equity sales working with First Union Capital Markets, Commonwealth Associates, Roth Capital and UBS. Mr. Latour received his BS in Finance from Fairfield University and his MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business. Mr. Latour will be based in the Los Angeles office.
Rob Canavan
Mr. Canavan has over 12 years of trading experience, the last five at Fidelity Capital Markets. Prior to that, he was with Benchmark Company after starting his career at Sherwood Securities. Mr. Canavan is a graduate of Boston College.
In the Research Department, the firm has added:
Bob P. Lee
Mr. Lee joins as a Senior Research Analyst covering Wireless Telecom & Satellite He has extensive experience within the high-tech, telecommunications and satellite industries providing a wide breadth of capital markets consulting services. Prior experience includes Equity Research Analyst at New York-based Sidoti & Company. Mr. Lee holds a Bachelor of Science Degree and an MBA from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Sloan School of Management) with honors. Mr. Lee will be based in the New York office.
Sameet Sinha
Mr. Sinha joins as a Senior Research Analyst covering the Internet and E-Commerce. He has more than 10 years of experience on the sell-side covering a broad range of Media, Internet, and E-Commerce companies across a wide range of market capitalizations. Prior experience includes: Director and Senior Research Analyst at JMP Securities covering the Internet, Senior Equity Analyst at Kaufman Bros., and America's Growth Capital where he covered Interactive and New Media. He started his sell-side career at Prudential Securities covering the Cable and Entertainment industries. Mr. Sinha has an MBA from Babson College and a Bachelor of Business Studies degree from the University of Delhi. Mr. Sinha will be based in the San Francisco office.
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