Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. Hires Senior Consumer Analyst
July 15 2008 - 5:15AM
Marketwired
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (TSX: TWP), a growth sector focused investment
bank, announced the hiring of Fitzhugh Taylor as a Director and
Senior Equity Research Analyst. Mr. Taylor will cover the
restaurant industry and will be based in San Francisco.
With the addition of Fitzhugh Taylor, Thomas Weisel Partners'
research coverage of the Consumer sector has now grown to seven
professionals covering over 90 companies. Mr. Taylor has over ten
years of industry experience and is widely recognized by the
investment community for his expertise in the restaurant industry.
Before joining Thomas Weisel Partners, Mr. Taylor held senior
research positions at Banc of America Securities and Robertson
Stephens. He was ranked the Top Earnings Estimator and among Top 3
Stock Pickers in Restaurants by Forbes in 2006.
"Fitzhugh Taylor is a respected analyst with an excellent track
record covering restaurant stocks," commented Keith Gay, Head of
Equity Research at Thomas Weisel Partners. "This addition is
indicative of our focus on the overall consumer sector and our
commitment to providing research coverage of growth sectors that
are rich in opportunity for our institutional investor base."
Thomas Weisel Partners has received key industry accolades,
receiving four analyst honors in the Financial Times/StarMine's
2008 Analyst Survey and six analysts were named among the Best
Brokerage Analysts by Forbes.com. Thomas Weisel Partners now has 36
equity research professionals in the US, Canada and Europe covering
over 480 companies in the areas of consumer, energy, financial
services, healthcare, Internet, media & telecom, metals &
mining, and technology.
About Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc.
Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. is an investment bank,
founded in 1998, focused principally on the growth sectors of the
economy. Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. generates revenues from
three principal sources: investment banking, brokerage and asset
management. The investment banking group is comprised of two
disciplines: corporate finance and strategic advisory. The
brokerage group provides equity and convertible debt securities
sales and trading services to institutional investors, and offers
brokerage, advisory and cash management services to high-net-worth
individuals and corporate clients. The asset management group
consists of: private equity, public equity and distribution
management. Thomas Weisel Partners is headquartered in San
Francisco with additional offices in Baltimore, Boston, Calgary,
Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, New York, Portland, Silicon Valley,
Toronto, London, Mumbai and Zurich. For more information, please
visit www.tweisel.com.
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