CSFB Hires Top Equity Research Analyst to Cover Retail Hardlines; Gary Balter Rejoins CSFB to Lead the Retail Hardlines Team.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. is pleased to announce that it has hired one of the top analysts on the Street to cover the Retail Hardlines sector. Gary Balter joins CSFB CSFB Credit Suisse First Boston CSFB Cyclically Shifted Filter Bank as a Senior Analyst and Managing Director. Mr. Balter returns to CSFB from UBS UBS Union Bank of Switzerland UBS United Bible Societies UBS United Blood Services UBS United Buying Service UBS Used Bookstore UBS University Business Services UBS Universal Building Society (UK) UBS Ulaanbaatar Broadcasting System where he has spent the past two years covering the retail hardlines sector. Previously, he covered the sector at DLJ DLJ Distributor License for Java DLJ Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette Inc. DLJ Drive Like Jehu (band) DLJ Defence Laboratory Jodhpur (India) DLJ Dead Letter Journal and then CSFB post merger. He has a distinguished 16-year-career covering this sector. Mr. Balter was ranked #1 in retail hardlines in 2004 by 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. with a 19% market share of the vote on a commission weighted basis. He has been consistently ranked every year since 1992 by Institutional Investor. "CSFB aims to recruit analysts that focus on proprietary and original ideas and that are not afraid of being outside the consensus" says Stefano Natella, Global Head of Equity Research at CSFB. "Gary embodies those qualities and has an exceptional reputation among institutional investors. We are delighted that Gary has rejoined CSFB." "Bringing Gary onto the CSFB team is in line with the CSFB strategy in Equity Research -- to build the most profitable, intelligence-based department who delivers the best ideas to our targeted clients," said Mr. Natella. "Gary completes the re-building of our U.S. Equity Research franchise and brings experience, leadership and lateral thinking lateral thinking Noun a way of solving problems by apparently illogical methods Noun 1. lateral thinking - a heuristic for solving problems; you try to look at the problem from many angles instead of tackling it head-on to our consumer franchise, one of the strongest on the Street as well as globally. " CSFB's research universe consists of approximately 2500 companies worldwide. --In the 2004 Institutional Investor's "Global" research" poll, CSFB was ranked #2. --In the 2004 Institutional Investor's "All-America" research poll, CSFB was ranked #7, overall with 27 ranked analysts. --In the 2005 Institutional Investor's "All-Europe" research poll, CSFB was ranked #3 overall and for Pan-European Sector and Macro Research. --In the 2005 Institutional Investor's "All Asia" research poll, CSFB was ranked in the #2 position, with 18 total positions and five first-teamers. --In the 2004 Institutional Investor "Latin America Latin America, the Spanish-speaking, Portuguese-speaking, and French-speaking countries (except Canada) of North America, South America, Central America, and the West Indies. Research Team" survey, CSFB ranked #1 overall, with 11 total team positions. Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB) is a leading global investment bank serving institutional, corporate, government and individual clients. CSFB's businesses include securities underwriting, sales and trading, investment banking, private equity, financial advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal , investment research, venture capital, correspondent brokerage services and asset management. CSFB operates in 69 locations in 33 countries across five continents. The Firm is a business unit of the Zurich-based Credit Suisse Group, a leading global financial services company. This press release is merely an announcement of a Credit Suisse First Boston research report and neither is, nor intended to be a comprehensive summary of the report or recommendation. The report referred to herein should be read in its entirety prior to making a decision to invest in any of the companies mentioned therein. If you would like to obtain a copy of this report, please contact your CSFB sales representative. |
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