General Investing >> Analyst Interviews >> March 4, 2004

INVESTMENT BANKING OUTLOOK: ARTHUR BINGHAM – KAURMAN BROS LP

Arthur W. Bingham, Managing Director, Investment Banking, is a senior banker specializing in communication and enterprise for Kaufman Bros. He has over 15 years of corporate finance experience in a range of industries including seven years in technology. He joined Kaufman Bros. in 2000 from ING Barings LLC in New York, where he was a Director in the Mergers and Acquisition group. At ING Barings, he was responsible for structuring and executing corporate advisory transactions. Prior to ING Barings, Mr. Bingham was a Vice President at Nomura Securities International in New York, where he was a senior member of several product areas including high yield debt, corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Bingham holds an MBA from Northeastern University in Boston and a BA from Columbia University in New York. Profile
TWST: The outlook has certainly brightened up in investment banking. Is

that a fair assessment?

Mr. Bingham: Yes. The increase in valuations in the latter half of 2003,

combined with