America's Growth Capital Continues Expansion, Adding Two Partners; Firm Taps Drew Peck to Lead Semiconductor Research; Mike Weston Joins as Senior Sales Trader.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 23, 2004 America's Growth Capital, a national, emerging growth focused, research, trading and investment banking partnership, announced today the addition of two partners to the firm. Drew Peck joins the firm's Investment Research Team as its semiconductor research analyst. Michael Weston joins the firm's Capital Markets Team as a senior sales trader. The additions underscore the company's plans for growth in the months ahead. The firm has grown from two to thirty-seven employees since its founding six months ago. Plans for further expansion include institutional sales, sales trading and investment banking positions, as well as research positions focused on life sciences, business services and consumer sectors, in Boston, New York Boston is a town in Erie County, New York, United States. The population was 7,897 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Boston, Massachusetts. The Town of Boston is an interior town of the county and one of the county's "Southtowns. and San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . "Mike Weston and Drew Peck bring unmatched experience and well-established relationships to our firm. Each is exactly the kind of partner we are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. -- a highly-energized and entrepreneurial industry veteran with exceptional and well recognized talents," said M. Benjamin Howe, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of America's Growth Capital. "The addition of Mike to our team further enhances the overall depth and reach of our trading desk Trading Desk A desk where transactions for buying and selling securities occur. Trading desks can be found in most organizations (banks, finance companies, etc.) involved in trading investment instruments such as equities, fixed-income securities, futures, commodities and foreign . In Drew we have gained an acclaimed industry expert who adds deep insights into the semiconductor industry and broadens the scope of our coverage." Before joining America's Growth Capital, Peck was a Managing Director and Head of Semiconductor Research at SG Cowen Securities. Prior to his Wall Street Career, Peck served on the solid state research staff at MIT's Lincoln Laboratory MIT Lincoln Laboratory, also known as Lincoln Lab, is a federally funded research and development center managed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and primarily funded by the United States Department of Defense. . While there, he authored research papers in numerous scientific journals in the fields of quantum electronics Quantum electronics A loosely defined field concerned with the interaction of radiation and matter, particularly those interactions involving quantum energy levels and resonance phenomena, and especially those involving lasers and masers. , optoelectronics, and far-infrared astronomy. Peck was named to the Institutional Investor 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. All-American Research Team for 11 years and is a prior Wall Street Journal All-Star Analyst. Prior to joining America's Growth Capital, Weston was Head Trader for Bass Brothers' 646 Advisors in Boston. He was a senior trader for much of the 1990s, working first at John Hancock Advisors and subsequently at DFS (Distributed File System) An enhancement to Windows NT/2000 and 95/98 that allows files scattered across multiple servers to be treated as a single group. With Dfs, a network administrator can build a hierarchical file system that spans the organization's LANs and Advisors and Tudor Investment. He brings more than twelve years' experience as a head trader to America's Growth Capital. America's Growth Capital is a national, emerging growth focused, research, trading and investment banking firm founded by seasoned growth sector specialists with experience at leading boutique and bulge bracket Bulge Bracket The group of firms in an underwriting syndicate who sold the largest amount of the issue. Notes: The bulge bracket is usually the first group listed on the tombstone. investment banks. The firm's strategy, business model and ownership structure are tailored for today's dynamic and competitive emerging growth capital markets. Key elements of this model include a research methodology based on deep sector knowledge, dedicated banking efforts highlighted by consistent senior-level advice, and sector-focused sales and trading resources. The company's full range of services focuses exclusively on emerging growth sectors, including technology, business services, software, semiconductors and soon, healthcare. |
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