Cowen Expands Investment Banking and Institutional Sales and Trading Capabilities
New Hire in Mergers & Acquisitions
Specialized Sales and Trading Team
hires at
has joined the firm as Managing Director, Mergers & Acquisitions.
Franks
Equity-Linked Products, and
Senior Trader, Convertible and Equity-Linked Products. Mssrs. Franks and
Grant are based in
“We continue to opportunistically enhance our investment banking
capabilities in ways that complement our areas of strength,” said
Raidy
client relationships in equity and debt capital markets. With the
addition of Michael and our expanded advisory expertise, we are
positioned to deepen these relationships across verticals. Michael, a
seasoned M&A veteran, brings a wealth of transaction experience and his
insights will serve our clients well.”
Mr. Raidy continued, “Our ongoing goal is to provide investment banking
clients with a range of solutions that align with their capital raising
needs. We established a dedicated convertible and equity-linked product
team to enhance our existing product origination effort in this area
because we believe convertible and equity-linked securities are highly
relevant for growing companies, especially in the current market
environment. Iain has a long and successful track record of originating
and structuring convertible and equity-linked transactions. We look
forward to Iain’s contributions to the team.”
convertible and equity-linked distribution desk augments our equities
platform and supports the convertible and equity-linked product
origination effort. Eric is a top-tier sales and trading professional
with a proven ability to add value to institutional and corporate
relationships.”
Mr. Wildish has more than 30 years of experience that includes strategic
advice, financial restructuring, investment banking and public
accounting. Most recently, he was a Managing Partner at
Partners
Market Services as the Leader of Global New Product Introduction and
Capital Management. He spent several years at
as the Head of Media Mergers & Acquisitions and
Jenrette
that, he was a General Partner at Lazard Freres. Mr. Wildish graduated
from the
MBA from
Prior to joining Cowen, Mr. Franks was with
a Managing Director in the
group. Previously, he was an Executive Director with Oppenheimer’s
and priced convertible and equity-linked financing solutions. Mr. Franks
also worked at
and credit analysis. Mr. Franks received a BA in Accounting and Finance
from The
Mr. Grant joins Cowen from
Senior Convertible Trader and Salesperson. Prior to that, he was a
Senior Vice President, Head of Convertible Bond Trading and Senior
Salesperson at Sterne, Agee & Leach. Before that, he was an assistant
portfolio manager for investment grade portfolios at
Mr. Grant was also with several other financial institutions such as
CIBC World Markets where he was a convertible trader and salesperson.
Mr. Grant graduated from
Science.
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with its consolidated subsidiaries, provides alternative asset
management, investment banking, research, and sales and trading services
through its two business segments: Ramius and its affiliates make up the
Company’s alternative investment segment, while
its affiliates make up the Company’s broker-dealer segment. Ramius
provides alternative asset management solutions to a global client base
and manages a significant portion of Cowen’s proprietary capital.
and Company
for growth-oriented companies, domain knowledge-driven research, a sales
and trading platform for institutional investors and a comprehensive
suite of prime brokerage services. Founded in 1918, the firm is
headquartered in
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