HONG KONG -- (BUSINESS WIRE) --
Piper Jaffray (NYSE: PJC) announced today that it has enhanced its Hong Kong equity research team with the hiring of four senior research analysts, bolstering the firm's equity research capabilities in China's consumer, healthcare, and technology sectors. Senior consumer analysts Alfred Ying and Tiffany Feng, senior healthcare analyst Hao Zhou, and senior technology analyst James Chiu join a global equity research team of 110.
"We are committed to providing our clients in Asia with insightful and timely ideas and high-quality stock analysis," said Alex Ko, CEO of Piper Jaffray Asia. "These individuals enable us to deepen our expertise in the consumer, healthcare and technology sectors."
"We are excited to welcome Alfred, Hao, James and Tiffany to our team," said Mark Marostica, head of Asia equity research. "These high-caliber senior analysts join a growing team of talented equity research professionals in our Hong Kong office, and bring a rich set of expertise in their respective sectors to our Asia equity research platform."
Mr. Ying will cover China's consumer retail apparel sector, including footwear, menswear, sportswear, and other apparel retailers. He joins Piper Jaffray with more than 10 years of experience in Asia equity research from positions at Grand Cathay Securities, BNP Paribas Peregrine Securities, and CLSA. Mr. Ying also served as vice president of investor relations for Evergreen International and Daphne International.
Mr. Zhou will cover the China healthcare industry. Previously, he worked at Vivo Ventures' China healthcare practice as senior China healthcare analyst for China International Fund Management Co. (a subsidiary of JP Morgan Asset Management), as life science and biotechnology analyst at UBS and Rodman & Renshaw, and as research scientist at DuPont. He studied Clinical Medicine at Shanghai Medical University (now Fudan University Medical School).
Mr. Chiu will cover China's technology sector. Previously, he spent six years at Macquarie Securities in Taiwan as a downstream technology analyst with a focus on the component segments. Prior to that, he was a technology research analyst at Credit Suisse for three years.
Ms. Feng will focus on China's consumer retail sector including department stores, supermarkets and other specialty retailers. Previously, she worked in equity research at Jefferies Group, Inc. in Hong Kong, and at Guotai Junan in Hong Kong for more than six years, where she focused on China consumer companies.
Globally, Piper Jaffray provides research coverage on more than 640 stocks in seven sectors: business and financial services; clean technologies; consumer; healthcare; telecom, media and technology; industrials. More than 130 Asia stocks are covered by the Piper Jaffray Asia equity research team.
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