Brean Murray, Carret & Co. Names Joseph LaBianca as Managing Director and Head of Trading

NEW YORK, Aug. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Brean Murray, Carret & Co. is pleased to announce the appointment of Joseph LaBianca as Managing Director and Head of Trading for the boutique investment firm.

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"We are very excited to be welcoming Mr. LaBianca to Brean Murray, Carret & Co.," stated David A. Dunn, Head of Capital Markets. "His deep buy-side relationships, managerial experience and understanding of the institutional equity business will be great assets to the firm as we continue to grow our platform."

In addition to overseeing all trading, Mr. LaBianca will focus on trading all of the company's Healthcare stocks.

Previously, Joseph LaBianca was at Leerink Swann as Co-Head of Equity Sales and Trading from 2008 to 2010 where he managed a team of 3 position traders and 12 sales traders. Other positions he has held include Senior Managing Director and Senior Market Maker at Bear Stearns & Co. and Director in Equity Trading at Merrill Lynch. He began his career in equity trading at Paine Webber Inc. in 1991.

About Brean Murray, Carret & Co.:  

Brean Murray, Carret & Co. is a research-driven investment bank and asset management firm, dedicated to Small and Midcap growth companies and their investors.  BMC focuses on delivering high quality investment ideas and investment banking services to institutional and corporate clients in the following 5 verticals: Consumer Products and Retailing, Healthcare, Natural Resources, Technology and private/publicly traded Chinese Companies.  Services include equity research, investment banking, institutional sales and trading, and asset management.

Headquartered in New York City, the company also maintains offices in Boston, Chicago, San Francisco and Beijing, China. In addition, the company is well known for its sector specific investment conferences. For more information on the company, please visit www.breanmurraycarret.com.

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