Cowen Hires Jamie Streator as Managing Director in Health Care Investment Banking

    NEW YORK, June 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cowen Group, Inc. (
 COWN) announced today the hiring of Jamie Streator as Managing Director in
 Health Care Investment Banking, effective immediately. Based in Cowen's New
 York office, Mr. Streator will focus on life sciences companies and report
 to Peter Reikes, Cowen's Head of Global Health Care Investment Banking.
     "Jamie's more than twenty years of experience advising health care
 companies will be a tremendous asset to our team," said Don Meltzer,
 Cowen's Head of Investment Banking. "We expect his extensive knowledge of
 the health care industry to be of great service to our clients."
     "I am pleased to welcome such a veteran banker to the firm," commented
 Peter Reikes. "And we look forward to the contributions that he will make
 to the continued success of our Life Sciences franchise."
     Prior to joining Cowen, Mr. Streator was Managing Director, Head of
 Healthcare Investment Banking at Susquehanna Financial Group. Prior to
 Susquehanna, Mr. Streator was with Thomas Weisel Partners, where he founded
 the Healthcare Investment Banking Group, and served as Partner and Head of
 Healthcare Investment Banking. Mr. Streator also served as a Managing
 Director and Co-Head of Healthcare Investment Banking at Hambrecht & Quist
 (now JPMorgan).
     About Cowen Group, Inc.
     Cowen Group, Inc., through Cowen and Company, LLC and Cowen
 International Limited, provides investment banking services, including
 underwriting and other capital raising solutions, equity research, sales,
 trading and mergers and acquisitions advice, to emerging growth companies
 in sectors including healthcare, technology, alternative energy, media and
 telecommunications and consumer.
 
 

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