NEW YORK, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- McNicoll, Lewis & Vlak LLC (MLV), a boutique investment bank focused on capital intensive industries, announced today that Imaru Casanova has joined the firm as a Managing Director in Research where she will cover the precious metals and mining industry and seek to grow MLV's product offerings in that space.
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"The addition of Ms. Casanova is an integral part of our strategic build-out as an independent investment bank and institutional broker-dealer with a core focus of servicing corporate and institutional clients in capital intensive industries and raising capital efficiently for participants in these industries," commented Patrice McNicoll, President of MLV. "The expansion of the equity research team into the metals and mining sector, we believe, is a natural extension of the services we already provide to our clients in the healthcare and life sciences and energy and infrastructure sectors."
Dr. George Zavoico, Head of Equity Research at MLV further commented "Ms. Casanova's addition to the MLV equity research team adds to our already well-recognized capabilities in the healthcare and life sciences and energy and infrastructure industries. We are delighted to be able to add someone with Ms. Casanova's talents and believe this further demonstrates our commitment to providing exceptional investment ideas to our clients."
Most recently, Ms. Casanova was an Equity Research Analyst at Barnard Jacobs Mellet USA, the U.S.-based arm of the South African investment bank. Prior to BJM, Ms. Casanova was a member of BMO Capital Markets' gold research team, covering small, intermediate and large cap gold mining companies. Before her research career, Ms. Casanova was a Petroleum Engineer for Shell Exploration and Production in Venezuela.
ABOUT MLV:
MLV is a boutique investment bank and institutional broker-dealer focused on providing independent financial advice and unique capital markets expertise to corporate and institutional clients in capital intensive industries such as metals and mining, healthcare and life sciences, and energy and infrastructure. With a focus on raising money efficiently for clients, MLV has rapidly become a leader in the At-the-Market (ATM) transaction market. Please visit our website: www.mlvco.com <http://www.mlvco.com> .
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