Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> August 23, 2010

A Stock-picker’s Game Amidst Fully Valued Reits – Omotayo Okusanya – Jefferies & Company, Inc.

Omotayo "Tayo" Okusanya is a Managing Director in the equity research department at Jefferies & Company, Inc., and a Senior Analyst responsible for coverage of real estate investment trusts (REITs). Prior to Jefferies, Mr. Okusanya was employed at UBS Securities LLC for seven years, during which time he was the Lead Analyst responsible for coverage of health care, biotech, self storage and data center REITs. Prior to UBS, he worked in public accounting at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Mr. Okusanya graduated with an MBA from Harvard Business School, and he has a B.S. in accounting and computer science, summa cum laude, from Rutgers University. He is also a CFA charterholder and a Certified Public Accountant. Mr. Okusanya's research has been recognized in annual analyst rankings by The Wall Street Journal (2008) and Forbes (2009). Profile
TWST: Please begin with a quick snapshot of your coverage universe.

Mr. Okusanya: Current coverage universe at Jefferies - we cover 20 names across four different property sites. We cover the mall