Pali Capital to Distribute Research Focus' Proprietary Alternative Energy Research Product
October 24 2005 - 11:37AM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Pali Capital Inc., a full-service
broker-dealer, announced today that it has entered into a formal
agreement with Research Focus, LLC to distribute the Alternative
Energy Investing (AEI) research product. AEI research spans the
companies and technologies that are changing the face of the global
energy and power industry. The daily and monthly reports deliver
high-value, actionable information and analysis to public equity
investors in the emerging wind, solar, fuel cell, energy storage,
energy information, power electronics, clean fuels and advanced
materials sectors. Research sales will be coordinated by Kevin
Brooks, Managing Director of the Pali Power & Energy Equities
Sales Team. "With fossil fuel prices at historic highs and
nontraditional energy companies enjoying extraordinary growth, we
are delighted to be offering the Alternative Energy Investing
product to our client base," noted Kevin Brooks. "With unparalleled
industry expertise and over twenty-five years of combined
experience as hedge fund managers, equity research analysts and
investment bankers, I believe clients will find the Alternative
Energy Investing product to be the cornerstone voice for profitable
ideas and information in this highly intriguing yet volatile
space". Joseph Berwind, co-founder and head analyst at Research
Focus, LLC noted, "We are delighted to be working with Pali
Capital. The Pali franchise is built on world-class execution,
superior client service, and high ethical standards of integrity
and vision. Also important are the firm's historical roots in
commodities trading. We are confident that Pali Capital will be a
valuable partner to Research Focus, and we look forward to placing
our product and our capabilities at the service of Pali's client
base." The company's web site is:
http://www.alternativeenergyinvesting.net/ Pali Energy Equities
Sales Team Alternative Energy Investing's primary sales and trading
platform will be executed through Pali's Energy Equities Sales
Team, including Kevin Brooks, Managing Director - Sales and
Trading, and Jonathan Lefebvre - Sales Trader. The team provides
timely, compelling fundamental and technical insights to its
expansive hedge fund and traditional money manager client base. Mr.
Brooks has more than eleven years of Institutional Equity Sales
& Trading experience, including that as Merrill Lynch's
Utilities Sales Specialist and several years of equity research
strategy and quantitative work at Robinson-Humphrey. He graduated
from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina in 1994;
lives in New York City; and can be reached at 212-259-2006 or Mr.
Lefebvre has more than four years of industry experience including
time at Flinn Asset Management, LLC of Greenwich, CT working on the
$600 million hedge fund of funds portfolio, and at Lefebvre
Financial Services, a family run business located in Stamford, CT.
He attended James Madison University where he earned his B.B.A
degree in marketing; lives in Greenwich CT; and can be reached at
212-259-2083 or About Research Focus, LLC Founded in 2005 to meet
the growing demands of institutional public and private equity
investors in energy technology and alternative energy, Alternative
Energy Investing is written, edited and published by James LoGerfo,
CFA, PhD, Michael Riedinger, MBA and Joseph Berwind, MBA, the
founding members of Research Focus, LLC. Mr. LoGerfo's nine years
of Wall Street experience includes spearheading the formation of a
highly successful energy technology research and banking team at
Banc of America Securities. Mr. LoGerfo was ranked #1 in
Institutional Investor votes in 2001 and 2002 among energy
technology research analysts. More recently, he has been working as
an investment banker at BOVARO Partners, focusing on emerging
energy technology companies. He is also the founder and principal
of Vortex Energy, LLC, a strategy and consulting firm. Dr. LoGerfo
can be reached at (973) 446-0805 or . Mr. Riedinger's experience as
a utility/merchant power banker at Kidder Peabody/Paine Webber
included several key deals including the 1996 IPO of Calpine
Corporation. As a buy-side analyst for Jemmco Capital and
Ballentine Capital Management, his focus was on regulated U.S.
utilities and related non- regulated investments in e-commerce and
alternative energy. Mr. Riedinger's work at Ballentine Capital
included sourcing and analyzing venture investments, including a
mezzanine round for Distributed Energy Systems. Mr. Riedinger's
most recent position was as portfolio manager of a long-short
utility fund at Satellite Asset Management. Mr. Riedinger's can be
reached at (973) 446-0805 or . Mr. Berwind's ten years of industry
experience includes chemical market research and institutional
sales at Marubeni Corporation, one of Japan's leading general
trading companies with offices in eighty-three countries, managing
global product distribution and manufacturing for Japan's top
firms. During Mr. Berwind's six years on Wall Street, the hedge
fund he helped manage at Bourgeon Capital Management, LLC returned
greater than 50% (2000-2005). Mr. Berwind's three areas of research
and investment focus were alternative energy, commodity and
specialty chemicals and technology. Mr. Berwind can be contacted at
(973) 446-0649 or . About Pali Capital Inc. Established in 1995,
Pali Capital, Inc. is a full service NASD-registered and SEC and
NASD regulated broker-dealer, as well as a member of the Securities
Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Located in flagship offices
on Fifth Avenue, New York City (Pali Capital) and St James, London
(Pali International), Pali has leveraged its core business to
create an integrated blend of discrete product lines including:
equity execution and trading, options modeling and trading,
commodities and futures trading, independent research, corporate
finance, hedge fund hosting, and asset management. Pali Capital,
Inc. New York 650 Fifth Avenue 6th Floor New York NY 10019 USA
Phone: +1 212 259 2060 Fax: +1 212 259 2090 www.palicapital.com
Pali International, London 6 Duke Street St James's London SW1Y 6BN
United Kingdom Phone: +44 207 190 0800 Fax: +44 207 190 0900 FCMN
Contact DATASOURCE: Pali Capital, Inc. CONTACT: Pali Capital, Inc.
New York, +1-212-259-2060, or fax, +1-212-259-2090, or Pali
International, London, +44-207-190-0800, or fax, +44-207-190-0900
Web site: http://www.palicapital.com/
http://www.alternativeenergyinvesting.net/
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