Victor Cohn joins Bear Stearns as head of Equity Capital Markets

Business Wire, Sept 6, 1996

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 6, 1996--Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. announced today that Victor Cohn has joined the firm as a senior managing director and head of Equity Capital Markets.

Mr. Cohn comes to Bear Stearns from UBS Securities where he was a managing director, co-head of Investment Banking and head of that firm's Capital Markets Division. He was also a member of UBS's Management Committee. Previously he was with Salomon Brothers from 1978 to 1992, where he was a managing director and head of Global Equity Capital Markets and Syndicate. He was also a member of that firm's Equity Management Committee. Mr. Cohn holds a BS in finance from The Pennsylvania State University.

In a joint statement, Alan Schwartz, head of Investment Banking, and Bruce Lisman, head of Institutional Equities, said, "Victor brings tremendous talent and experience to our equity capital markets effort. We all look forward to working with him as he is an important addition to our overall investment banking commitment."

Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., a leading worldwide investment banking and securities trading and brokerage firm, is the major subsidiary of The Bear Stearns Companies Inc. (NYSE: BSC). With approximately $8.9 billion in total capital, Bear Stearns serves governments, corporations, institutions and individuals worldwide. The company's business includes corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions, institutional equities and fixed income sales and trading, private client services, derivatives, asset management, correspondent clearing, securities lending and custody services. Headquartered in New York City, the company has over 7,800 employees located in domestic offices in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.; and an international presence in Beijing, Buenos Aires, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, Manila, Paris, Sao Paulo, Shangai, Singapore and Tokyo.

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