NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.--()--ROTH Capital Partners (ROTH), www.roth.com, a full service investment bank focused on identifying growth opportunities for corporate and institutional clients, today announced the expansion of its Cleantech, Industrials and Resources practice with the addition of Senior Research Analyst Michael Legg. Mr. Legg will focus on coverage of environmental technologies and industrial resources and materials.
Mr. Legg joins ROTH with over 20 years of experience with financial institutions focusing primarily on small-cap equity research. Prior to joining ROTH, Michael covered the cleantech sector for Rodman & Renshaw and Merriman Capital. He has additional sell-side experience with Alex. Brown & Sons, Prudential Securities, and Jefferies Group, covering consumer, emerging growth, internet, outsourcing, and IT services industries. Additionally, Michael spent two years within private equity at CCM Ventures and Global Infrastructure Partners, and six years at GS asset management as partner and portfolio manager. Michael began his career at Massachusetts Financial Services, a $100+ billion mutual fund company, working on the emerging growth portfolio. He has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times and he has been featured on numerous broadcasts for CNN, CNBC, and FOX Networks. Mr. Legg holds an MBA in Finance from the Babson Graduate School of Business and a BA from Northeastern University.
“We’re pleased to welcome Michael to our award-winning research team, which is the foundation of our firm and key to our understanding of the small-cap sector,” said Byron Roth, CEO. “With our expanding research coverage in key sectors, the strength of our seasoned institutional sales team and our highly visible investor conferences including our upcoming Annual Growth Stock Conference next week, ROTH truly offers an unparalleled institutional sponsorship platform for growth companies.”
Mr. Legg commented, “I am excited to continue my career with the outstanding team at ROTH and I look forward to working with its well respected research team. Not only is ROTH’s outstanding Cleantech, Industrials, and Resources franchise assisting new technologies and business models in offering competitive returns for investors and end users, it is working to fund increasingly important solutions to global energy and environmental challenges.”
About ROTH Capital Partners, LLC:
ROTH Capital Partners, LLC (ROTH) is a relationship-driven investment bank focused on identifying growth opportunities for corporate and institutional clients. As a full-service investment bank, ROTH provides capital raising, M&A advisory, analytical research, trading and market-making services. Headquartered in Newport Beach, CA, ROTH is privately-held and owned by its employees, and maintains offices throughout the U.S., Hong Kong and a Shanghai Representative Office. For more information on ROTH, please visit www.roth.com.
For information about the upcoming ROTH Capital Partners 24th Annual Growth Stock Conference to be held March 11–14, 2012, at The Ritz Carlton, Dana Point, California, please visit http://www.roth.com/main/Page.aspx?PageID=7250.