MINNEAPOLIS
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 7, 2013--
Piper
Jaffray
(NYSE: PJC) is pleased to announce the addition of
Peter Day
as a managing director in the
healthcare
investment banking group
. Day will be based in the firm’s
Boston
office focused on coverage of the biopharmaceutical sector.
Day brings more than 12 years of healthcare investment banking
experience to
Piper Jaffray
. He joins the firm from
Leerink Swann
, where
he was a senior calling officer in the healthcare group and was
instrumental in building their biopharmaceutical business.
"We are excited to have Peter join our team,” commented
Chad
Abraham
, global co-head of investment banking and capital markets at
Piper Jaffray
. “We continue to focus investment capital in our
healthcare franchise to continue enhancing our highly ranked advisory
and equities business. Also, adding a senior calling officer in
Boston
adds a strategically important coverage area to our biopharmaceutical
efforts.”
Bob
DeSutter
, global head of healthcare investment banking added “Our
healthcare group is a market-leading platform, serving emerging growth
and established clients broadly across life sciences and healthcare
services. Peter’s experience serving clients with advisory as well as
the full suite of capital market products provides a great fit with our
business.”
Piper Jaffray
has a global healthcare investment banking and capital
markets team of 46. Since 2007, the team has represented clients in 200
transactions with an aggregate value of
$33 billion
. In addition, the
firm has
10
senior research analysts
covering a broad spectrum of universes,
including medical technology, drug discovery, medical diagnostics, life
science tools, specialty pharmaceuticals and biotechnology, and
healthcare services, including information technology, alternate site
providers and contract research.
About
Piper Jaffray
Piper
Jaffray
is a leading investment bank and asset management firm
serving clients in the U.S. and internationally. Proven advisory teams
combine deep industry, product and sector expertise with ready access to
capital. Founded in 1895, the firm is headquartered in
Minneapolis
and
has offices across
the United States
and in
London
and
Zurich
.
www.piperjaffray.com
Since 1895. Member FINRA,
NYSE
and
SIPC
.
© 2013
Piper Jaffray & Co.
Source:
Piper Jaffray
Piper Jaffray
Pamela Steensland, 612-303-8184
