Highly ranked analyst Jamie Cook is latest addition to growing
team
ATLANTA, March 7,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Truist Securities announced
today that highly ranked analyst Jamie
Cook recently joined the firm as a managing director,
expanding its equity research coverage in the industrials
sector.
"Jamie's sterling reputation for generating high-quality
research, passion for client service, and extensive relationships
will greatly benefit our institutional client base," said
Mary Stroth, head of equity sales,
trading, and research for Truist Securities. "Deepening our
industrials expertise is critical as the sector navigates massive
infrastructure investments associated with energy transition and
modernization along with onshore manufacturing. Furthermore,
automation, AI and machine learning are transforming the sector's
business models."
Cook, a highly ranked analyst in machinery and equipment and
industrial services subsectors, joins Truist Securities after more
than 20 years with Credit Suisse. She most recently served as the
sector head for the U.S. capital goods research team. Cook will
continue to be based in New York
City and report to Jeffrey
Utz, director of equity research.
"I'm looking forward to being part of a growing equities
platform and helping Truist Securities expand its expertise,
coverage, and capabilities," said Cook. "The collaborative culture
at the firm combined with the opportunity to team with its current
roster of industry-leading analysts is very exciting."
Cook joins other recent hires that have bolstered the breadth
and depth of Truist Securities' equity sales, trading and research
team, including:
- Nataliya Bershova, equity electronic trading managing director.
Bershova, based in New York, leads
equity electronic trading and brings 15 years of experience in
quantitative algorithmic trading from firms such as Sanford C. Bernstein and Citadel Asset
Management.
- Brian Devlin, Andrew Hostetler, Molly
Shanley, and Bryan Welch,
equity sales managing directors. Devlin and Welch joined from
Evercore ISI and are leading the firm's distribution efforts in
Boston. Shanley, also previously
at Evercore ISI, is based in New
York and running Middle Market sales. Hostetler, who most
recently worked at Raymond James, is part of the New York sales team.
- Kevin Pedicano, equity sales
trading managing director. Based in New
York, Pedicano joins with more than 20 years of experience
on both the buy and sell side at firms such as Citi and Deutsche
Bank.
- Peter Baillos and Steve Raquet, equity sales directors, who join
from RBC. Baillos and Raquet lead the firm's central U.S.
territory, which includes Chicago,
Denver, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Ohio and Texas. Baillos is based in Chicago and Raquet in Dallas.
"We continue to invest in our equities team with the addition of
experienced and high-quality talent to further deliver
differentiated content, execution, and value for our clients,"
added Stroth.
About Truist Securities
Truist Securities is the
full-service corporate and investment banking arm of Truist
Financial Corporation (NYSE: TFC). With a rich history extending
back more than 125 years, Truist Securities offers a robust capital
markets and investment banking platform that includes a
comprehensive array of strategic advisory, mergers and acquisition,
and capital markets capabilities for corporate and institutional
clients, including sales, trading and research services in both
fixed income and equity. The firm also provides corporate finance,
asset finance, risk management, liquidity, and treasury management
solutions to meet clients' full spectrum of financial needs.
Headquartered in Atlanta, Truist
Securities has offices located across the U.S. Learn more at
www.truistsecurities.com.
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