NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--National Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ:NHLD) ("National Holdings" or the "Company"), a full-service investment banking and asset management firm, announced today that it has hired three investment bankers, Sagiv Shiv, S. Quintus von Bonin and Ivan Saval, greatly expanding its M&A and advisory services capabilities in order to continue to better serve our corporate clients and their needs. All of the bankers were previously employed by INTL FCStone Financial Inc., the securities business of INTL FCStone Inc. and collectively bring 75 years of industry experience to the Company.
“Fiscal 2015 was a record year in our investment banking business and we are committed to building on this success and momentum as we move through fiscal 2016,” stated Jonathan Rich, Head of Investment Banking at the Company’s National Securities subsidiary. “The hiring of Sagiv, Quintus and Ivan broadens our sector expertise, core advisory skill sets and brings us valuable access to deal flow. We look forward to their contributions to National Securities’ growth strategy.”
Sagiv Shiv was previously the Head of the Global M&A and Advisory Service Practice at INTL FCStone Financial Inc. With 30 years of industry experience, Shiv has advised governments, agencies, private and public companies and financial institutions. He has joined the Company’s investment banking team as Senior Managing Director to head the firm’s Advisory Services Group. Shiv is a visiting professor of financial engineering at the IESE Graduate School of Business and holds a B.Sc. and Ph.D. in Finance and Commercial Economics from Pacific Western University.
S. Quintus von Bonin was formerly a Managing Director with the Investment Banking Division of INTL FCStone Financial, Inc. where he was Head of Metals & Mining. With 30 years of industry experience, von Bonin has raised more than $7 billion in equity and debt capital for his clients and has advised on a broad range of mergers and acquisitions and restructuring assignments worldwide. He has joined the Company’s investment banking team as Senior Managing Director to head up its effort to build a metals, mining, and natural resources practices coverage group. von Bonin was educated at Leopold-Franzens Universität Innsbruck.
Ivan Saval was formerly a Managing Director with the Investment Banking Division of INTL FCStone Financial, Inc. where he covered the agribusiness sectors for domestic and cross border advisory and capital markets opportunities. With 15 years of industry experience, he has joined the Company’s investment banking team as Managing Director to head up its effort to build an agribusiness, food & related industries coverage group. Saval holds a B.A. in International Business, Economics and Spanish from Ball State University and a MBA in Corporate Finance from Indiana University’s Kelly School of Business.
About National Holdings Corporation
National Holdings Corporation is a full-service investment banking and asset management firm that provides a range of services, including independent retail brokerage and advisory services, investment banking, institutional sales and trading and equity research, financial planning, market making, tax preparation, insurance and annuities, to corporations, institutional investors and high net-worth clients. With over 1,100 independent advisors, brokers, traders and sales associates, the Company is a leading Independent Advisor and Broker services company. National Holdings operates through five subsidiaries: National Securities Corporation, vFinance Investments, Inc., National Insurance Corporation, National Asset Management, Inc. and Gilman Ciocia, Inc. The Company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in New York and Florida. For more information, visit www.nhldcorp.com.