Adams, Harkness & Hill Launches Telecom Practice; Firm Brings in Longtime Telecom Expert as it Continues Expansion.Business/Technology Editors BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 1, 2000 Adams, Harkness & Hill, the Boston-based investment bank specializing in emerging growth companies, announced today the launching of its new Telecommunications Group with the hiring of longtime telecom analyst James C. Kedersha. "Our new Telecommunications Group will be led by a world-class telecom all-star, and I believe the industry's emerging growth companies and institutional investors Institutional Investor A non-bank person or organization that trades securities in large enough share quantities or dollar amounts that they qualify for preferential treatment and lower commissions. will quickly take notice," said John Adams There have been several notable people called John Adam:
Kedersha, who in recent years has been recognized in both the Institutional Investor and the Wall Street Journal "Best of the Street" edition for his work, now becomes AH&H's managing director of equity research for the firm's new Telecommunications Group. The group, which AH&H plans to grow vigorously through the rest of 2000, will be part of the firm's overall Technology practice, one of its three core industry focus areas. Kedersha formerly was Managing Director and senior equity research analyst at SG Cowen Securities in Boston for the past nine years, where he led the firm's Telecommunications Equipment Practice. He covered industry giants such as Lucent and Nortel, as well as select mid- and small-cap emerging growth companies in the wireline and optical segments. Author and publisher of Speed of Light, a monthly optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. journal, he also has experience covering a broader range of markets including data, wireless, CATV (Community Antenna TV) The original name for cable TV. It used a single antenna at the highest location in the community in order to deliver a quality signal to homes in areas with hilly terrain or other interference. and software. Adams, Harkness, & Hill is an independent, full-service investment bank that focuses exclusively on emerging growth companies in the technology, health care and consumer/healthy living sectors. Backed by its world-class industry research, AH&H offers each client a complete array of investment banking, sales and trading, asset management and corporate services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. . Uniting its commitment to developing long-term client relationships with its long-standing access to the nation's top portfolio managers, AH&H offers the expertise of a large national investment bank with the personalized per·son·al·ize tr.v. per·son·al·ized, per·son·al·iz·ing, per·son·al·iz·es 1. To take (a general remark or characterization) in a personal manner. 2. To attribute human or personal qualities to; personify. attention of a specialized institution. More information is available at www.ahh.com. |
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