NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CLSA Americas, the North American affiliate of Asia's leading brokerage and investment group CLSA, announced today that Kristine Kubacki and Rick Patel have joined the firm as senior research analysts in its Institutional Equities Division. Both will be based in New York.
Ms. Kubacki joins CLSA Americas from Avondale Partners and will provide coverage of the Machinery and Trucking Equipment sectors. She received her BS in Chemical Engineering, as well as her MBA, from Washington University.
Mr. Patel joins CLSA Americas from Stephens, Inc. and will cover the Luxury, Apparel and Specialty Retail industries. Prior to Stephens, Mr. Patel worked as part of an I.I. ranked consumer team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He received his BA from Rutgers University and his MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business.
Michael Lean, Head of CLSA Equity Research, Americas, commented, “We are excited for Kristine and Rick to join our team as we continue the positive momentum within our U.S. business, and build upon our core sector expertise. Kristine and Rick have established track records of producing unique research to help drive our clients’ investment process.”
Rick Gould, CEO of CLSA Americas, added, “We continue to strengthen our U.S. product offering and these hires enhance our research capabilities within the industrial and consumer sectors, while leveraging the strength of our Asia franchise.”
About CLSA Americas, LLC
CLSA Americas LLC is the North American affiliate of CLSA Ltd (CLSA), Asia’s leading and longest-running brokerage and investment group. CLSA provides broking and execution, capital markets and corporate finance, as well as asset management services to global corporate and institutional clients. CLSA established a US representative office in New York in 1986 to serve US fund managers investing into Asia and has the largest dedicated Asia-markets sales desk in North America. In 2009, CLSA initiated coverage on US equities and is headquartered in New York with additional offices in Boston, Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco as well as Canada.
About CLSA Ltd.
CLSA is Asia’s leading and longest running brokerage and investment group. The company provides equity broking and execution services, capital markets & corporate finance and asset management services to global corporate and institutional clients.
Renowned for service excellence, product innovation and award-winning market intelligence, CLSA has provided research, sales and trading services to investors since 1986. CLSA has built its reputation on unrivalled equity research and economic analysis which is consistently ranked the best in Asia.
In 2014, Asiamoney recognized CLSA as the Best Broker in Asia for Combined Research and Sales over the past 25 years (1990-2013) in the Asiamoney 25 year Poll-of-Polls. With exchange memberships in every developed market in Asia and the USA, together with a dedicated team of experienced sales traders, CLSA is committed to delivering the best execution.
CLSA is headquartered in Hong Kong, and has over 1,500 dedicated professionals located in 25 offices across Asia-Pacific, Europe and the The Americas. CLSA’s parent company is CITIC Securities International. Additional information is available at www.clsa.com.
