Financial Services >> Sector Roundtables >> April 29, 2002
MARK CONSTANT is a Senior Vice President/Senior Equity Research Analyst
at Lehman Brothers. He was formerly associated with Merrill Lynch where
he was the Senior Analyst responsible for covering the asset management
and mortgage finance sectors. In the latest Wall Street Journal All-Star
Analyst Survey, Mr. Constant was one of just three analysts, across the
industries, to rank number one in both stock picking and earnings
forecasting in his sector, and is among the most highly ranked analysts
in the Institutional Investor poll. A graduate of Stanford University,
he is a member of the AIMR and the Security Analysts of San Francisco,
and is a frequent guest lecturer at the Stanford Graduate School of
Business. Mr. Constant is also a frequent guest on CNBC, CNN and
Bloomberg News. Profile
LAUREN A. SMITH is a Senior Vice President in the Research Department of
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., where she covers the securities brokerage
industry. Prior to joining KBW, Ms. Smith was a Vice President for
Putnam, Lovell, de Guardiola & Thornton, Inc., also covering the
securities brokerage industry. She has held the positions of Vice
President and Senior Analyst at Salomon Smith Barney and was a Vice
President and Analyst at Prudential Securities following two areas, the
securities brokerage and asset management industries. Ms. Smith has
covered the commercial bank sectors at both Dillon Read and CS First
Boston. She is a member of the team that commanded the Institutional
Investor All-America Research Best of the Boutiques poll for coverage of
the securities brokerage and asset management industries for the past
two years. Ms. Smith received a BA from Hobart & William Smith College
in Economics and an MBA in Finance from Fordham University. Profile
JOAN SOLOTAR is Managing Director at Credit Suisse First Boston Corp.
She is currently a member of the Financial Services Research Team at
CSFB, following the merger with DLJ. In 1989, she joined DLJ where she
worked for 11 years. Prior to joining DLJ, Ms. Solotar was with The
First Boston Corporation. She has more than a decade of experience
covering brokerage, market structure and asset management companies. Ms.
Solotar is currently Chairperson of the Research Analysis and Financial
Services Planning Committee 2001 of the Securities Industry Association.
She has been a member of Institutional Investor's 'All-America Research
Team' for the past seven consecutive years: 1995-2001. In the latest
poll, Ms. Solotar was a runner-up in the 'Brokers and Asset Managers'
category. Ms. Solotar ranked number three in the most recent Reuters
Large Cap Company Survey published March 2001 and was the number three
ranked Equity Analyst in Greenwich Research's 2000 survey. Ms. Solotar
has also been a top-ranked analyst in The Wall Street Journal's annual
stock picking survey several times. Profile
JAMES F. MITCHELL is Managing Director, Securities Brokerage & Banking
at Putnam Lovell Securities Inc. Prior to joining the firm, he was with
UBS Warburg. Mr. Mitchell was ranked number two in the boutique category
for the broker and asset management sector by 11 Magazine. He is a
member of the Financial Services Analysts Association (FSAA) and
received a BA degree from Wesleyan University and his MBA from New York
University Stern School of Business. Profile
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