Susanne Mulligan Joins Guggenheim Securities

NEW YORK, Feb. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Guggenheim Securities today announced the appointment of Susanne Mulligan as a Managing Director in Equity Capital Markets ("ECM"). Ms. Mulligan is based in New York and reports to Mark Van Lith, Senior Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking.

Alan Schwartz, Executive Chairman of Guggenheim Partners, said: "Susanne brings significant experience in equity capital markets and we are pleased to welcome her to Guggenheim. We value her experience in partnering with industry bankers and originating new equity business and look forward to the value she will bring to our growing franchise."

At Guggenheim, Ms. Mulligan is charged with building an equity capital markets practice with an initial focus in healthcare, which is core to Guggenheim's investment banking business. In August 2012, Guggenheim announced the appointments of Stuart Duty, Ron Gerber and Barry Shin to Guggenheim Securities' healthcare investment banking and advisory team, strengthening the healthcare team to eight life sciences professionals. In addition, Guggenheim has a broad research footprint in healthcare that includes eight policy analysts in Washington, D.C., in addition to two equity research analysts in New York covering the biotech and specialty pharmaceutical sectors.  The firm has also built out a fully functioning sales, trading and research platform with sales offices in New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

Previously, Ms. Mulligan served as head of healthcare ECM at Deutsche Bank Securities. Prior to that role, she held senior positions at various firms with a focus on private equity placements & PIPEs. She is seasoned in the origination and execution of healthcare equity and equity-linked transactions including IPOs, follow-ons, block trades, confidentially marketed public offerings and convertibles. During her career, she has also led the origination, structuring and execution of private financing transactions, including minority-stake private equity placements, private convertibles, PIPEs and registered directs.

Ms. Mulligan is an author and an active speaker and panelist at conferences on alternative equity financing options.

About Guggenheim Partners
Guggenheim Partners is a privately held global financial services firm with more than $160 billion in assets under management. The firm provides asset management, investment banking and capital markets services, insurance, institutional finance, and investment advisory solutions to institutions, governments and agencies, corporations, investment advisors, family offices, and individuals. Guggenheim Partners is headquartered in New York and Chicago and serves clients around the world from more than 25 offices in eight countries. For more information about Guggenheim Partners, visit www.guggenheimpartners.com.*

* Assets under management are as of September 30, 2012 and include consulting services for clients whose assets are valued at approximately $35 billion

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