Tom Tarrant

Jefferies Is Said to Hire UBS’s Fetzer to Advise on Industrial Companies

Jefferies Group Inc. hired Thomas Fetzer, a UBS AG managing director in London, to advise European industrial equipment companies, said two people familiar with the matter.

Icahn Can’t Claim Clorox Without Adding $600 Million: Real M&A

If Carl Icahn is serious about buying Clorox Co. in what would be his biggest takeover, the activist investor may be forced to come up with an additional half-billion dollars.

Citigroup Hires Emerging-Market Bond Analyst Eric Ollom From Jefferies

Citigroup Inc. hired Eric Ollom as an emerging-markets debt strategist, luring him away from Jefferies & Co.

Jefferies Said to Hire Moody’s Yavorsky for Financial Institutions Group

Jefferies Group Inc. , the investment bank that’s expanding its advisory and trading units, hired former Moody’s Corp. senior analyst Alexander Yavorsky as a managing director in its financial institutions group.

Jefferies Lures Morgan Stanley’s Lipacis to Cover Semiconductor Industry

Jefferies Group Inc. hired Mark Lipacis from Morgan Stanley to cover the semiconductor industry as the firm adds analysts and bankers to challenge larger Wall Street rivals, according to a person with knowledge of the move.

Senate’s Goldman Findings, Nordic Banks, Jefferies, TARP Fees: Compliance

Goldman Sachs Group Inc . misled clients and Congress about the firm’s bets on securities tied to the housing market, the chairman of the U.S. Senate panel that investigated the causes of the financial crisis said.

Morgan Stanley Said to Hire Jefferies Loan Trader Gally for Similar Post

Morgan Stanley, the world’s second- biggest merger adviser, hired Jefferies Group Inc. par loan trader John Gally for a similar position, according to people familiar with the move.

Jefferies Pays $2 Million to Resolve Finra Auction-Rate Disclosure Claims

Jefferies Group Inc. agreed to pay about $2 million to resolve Financial Industry Regulatory Authority claims that three employees failed to disclose conflicts of interest while selling auction-rate securities.

Jefferies Will Hire UBS Investment Banker Newby as Global Head of Gaming

Jefferies Group Inc. , the New York- based securities firm that specializes in mid-size companies, hired Bill Newby , UBS AG’s head of gaming and leisure investment banking, as global head of gaming, according to a person with direct knowledge of the decision.

Jefferies Group's India Managing Director Sidharth Punshi Said to Quit

Sidharth Punshi , a managing director at the Indian investment banking unit of Jefferies Group Inc., quit today, according to two people with knowledge of the matter who declined to be identified before a public announcement.

"We do not give' Highly Confident Letters' lightly."

- Tom Tarrant on Jul 28, 2011

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