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2008 |
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July 2008 |
GHS initiated coverage on
AirMedia Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMCN); Chaoda Modern
Agriculture (Holdings), Ltd. (HKSE: 682); China Automotive
Systems, In (Nasdaq: CAAS); China Finance Online Co., Ltd (Nasdaq:
JRJC); China Nepstar Retail Drugstore, Ltd (NYSE: NPD); China
Pharma Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: CPHI); CKE Restaurants, Inc (NYSE:
CKR) and Jack In The Box, Inc. (NYSE: JBX). |
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June2008 |
GHS initiated coverage on
Houston American Energy Corp. (HUSA),
Keynote Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: KEYN), Questcor
Pharmaceuticals, Inc (Nasdaq: QCOR),
ShengdaTech, Inc. (Nasdaq: SDTH), Volcom, Inc. (Nasdaq: VLCM) and
WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman), Inc (NYSE: WX). |
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May 2008 |
GHS initiated coverage on
American Oriental Bioengineering (NYSE: AOB), Real Goods
Solar, Inc (Nasdaq: RSOL) and WaterWorld & Solar Technologies, Corp (OTCBB: WWAT). GHS launched our restaurant coverage, initiating coverage on
BJ's Restaurants, Inc. (Nasdaq: BJRI), Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.,
(Nasdaq: BJRI), The Cheesecake Factory (Nasdaq: CAKE),
California Pizza Kitchen (Nasdaq: CPKI), Red Robin Gourmet
Burgers (Nasdaq: RRGB) and
Texas Roadhouse, Inc (Nasdaq: TXRH). GHS issued our first
country report, China Impressions and followed
that up with a China Special Report, focused on
the effects of the earthquake disaster. |
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April 2008 |
GHS initiated coverage on
Altair Nanotechnologies Inc. (Nasdaq:
ALTI), China Sky One Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: CSKI),
GeoMet, Inc. (Nasdaq: GMET),
Sequenom, Inc. (Nasdaq: SQNM), Simcere Pharmaceutical Group
(NYSE: SCR), and
Fossil, Inc (Nasdaq: FOSL). |
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March 2008 |
GHS hired
Conrad Lyon, CFA, CPA as a Senior Analyst in the Research Department, covering
Restaurants. Mr. Lyon was previously a Senior Analyst at FTN
Midwest Securities, covering Restaurants. |
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March 2008 |
GHS
initiated coverage of AgFeed Industries, Inc. (Nasdaq: FEED), Akeena Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: AKNS),
China Ritar Power Co., Ltd. (OTCBB: CRTP),
InfoLogix, Inc. (Nasdaq:
IFLG),
Shangtai Pharmaceutical, Inc (SGTI), Solar Power, Inc. (OTCBB: SOPW),
Warnaco Group, Inc. (WRNC) and Websense, Inc. (WBSN). |
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February 2008 |
GHS
initiated coverage of 3SBIO, Inc. (Nasdaq: SSRX), 99 Cents
Only Stores (NYSE: NDN), Big Lots, Inc. (NYSE: BIG), China
Direct, Inc. (Amex: CDS), China Gengsheng Minerals (OTCBB: CHGS),
China Housing & Land Development, Inc. (OTCBB: CHLN), DivX, Inc.
(Nasdaq: DIVX), Echelon Corporation (Nasdaq: ELON), Mindray
Medicial International Ltd. (NYSE: MR), Ocean Power Technologies
(Nasdaq: OPTT), and Sinovac Biotech Ltd. (Amex: SVA). |
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January 2008 |
GHS was an
Exclusive Placement Agent on a $25MM PIPE for China Sky One
Medical, Inc. (OTCBB: CSKI). |
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January 2008 |
GHS
hosted its first Open House at the GHS office in Newport Beach. |
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January 2008 |
GHS
initiated coverage of Actuate Corp (Nasdaq: ACTU), Alphatec
Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATEC), Foothills Resources, Inc. (OTCBB: FTRS),
Geo Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: GEOI), Hartmarx Corp. (NYSE: HMX),
Iconix Brand Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: ICON), Jingwei International
Ltd. (OTCBB: JNGW), Shiner International, Inc. (Nasdaq:
BEST), True Religion Apparel Inc. (Nasdaq: TRLG), and W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI). |
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January 2008 |
GHS
partnered with California Equity Research (CER), which will
provide exclusive equity research focused on Special Situations
for GHS. CER was founded by Bud Leedom, who has more than
15 years of experience as a sell-side analyst. Prior to founding
CER, Mr. Leedom was Senior Vice President-Equity Analyst at
Wells Fargo Securities, LLC covering Healthcare Information
Technology companies. |
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2007 |
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December 2007 |
GHS hired George Santana, CFA as a Senior Analyst in the Research Department, covering Alternative Energy companies. Mr. Santana was previously a Senior Analyst at B. Riley & Co., covering Alternative Energy companies. |
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November 2007 |
GHS
initiated coverage of ChinaCast Education Corporation
(Nasdaq: CAST), Harbin Electric, Inc. (Nasdaq: HRBN) and Wonder
Auto Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: WATG). |
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November 2007 |
GHS was
a member of the selling group on a $235MM Secondary Offering for
ATP Oil & Gas Corp. (Nasdaq: ATPG). |
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October 2007 |
GHS was an
Exclusive Placement Agent on a $6MM PIPE for Crdentia Corp. (OTCBB: CRDT). |
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October 2007 |
GHS was a
Co-Placement Agent on a $10.5MM PIPE for Shiner International, Inc. (Nasdaq:
BEST; formerly OTCBB: SHNL). |
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October 2007 |
GHS
initiated coverage of ATP Oil & Gas (Nasdaq: ATPG),
Canadian Superior Energy, Inc. (AMEX: SNG),
Evolution Petroleum (AMEX: EPM), Petroleum Development
Corp. (Nasdaq: PETD), and TXCO Resources, Inc. (Nasdaq: TXCO). |
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September 2007 |
GHS received regulatory
clearance to begin publishing research for our institutional clients. Accordingly, we published our first Initiation of Coverage reports on October 10, 2007. |
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September 2007 |
GHS hired Ron Bookbinder as a Senior Analyst in the Research Department, covering Consumer companies. Mr. Bookbinder was previously a Senior Equity Analyst at Sterne Agee & Leach covering Consumer companies. |
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June 2007 |
GHS hired Ping Luo, CFA as a Vice President and Senior Analyst in the Research Department, covering companies based in China. Ms. Luo was previously an Assistant Vice President at Misubishi UFJ Securities, focused primarily on M&A and corporate advisory services related to companies in both the U.S. and China. |
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June 2007 |
GHS hired Phil McPherson as a Senior Analyst in the Research Deparment, covering E&P companies in the Energy sector. Mr. McPherson was previously Director of Research at C. K. Cooper, a boutique investment bank and brokerage firm focused primarily on the oil & gas industry. |
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May 2007 |
GHS hired Justin Cable as Director of Research. Mr. Cable has seven years of sell-side experience and was previously Director of Research at B. Riley & Co., a small-cap and institutional focused boutique investment bank and brokerage firm. Mr. Cable is responsible for building GHS' Research department, which will include 10-15 senior analysts with combined coverage of 150-200 small-cap companies. |
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April 2007 |
GHS established a strategic partnership with Direct Trading, which will provide us with outsourced trading services for GHS' institutional clients. |
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April 2007 |
GHS opened an office in Newport Beach, CA to support the expansion of its existing Investment Banking department and to prepare for the launch of its Institutional Sales and Research departments. |
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April 2007 |
Ed Lainfiesta joined GHS as a Partner, Board Member, President and Director of Institutional Sales of GHS. Mr. Lainfiesta has over 20 years of experience and was previously Managing Director of Institutional Sales at Roth Capital, a small-cap and institutional focused investment bank and brokerage firm. Mr. Lainfiesta is responsible for building GHS' Institutional Sales & Trading department, which will include 20 to 25 institutional sales representatives. |
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February 2007 |
GHS was a Co-Placement Agent on a $4.9MM PIPE for
Helpson (now China Pharma Holdings, Inc.; OTCBB: CPHI). |
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February 2007 |
GHS was a Finding Agent on a $12.25MM PIPE for
China Ritar Power Corp. (OTCBB: CRTP). |
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February 2007 |
GHS was a Finding Agent on a $12MM PIPE for
Sutor Steel Technology Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: SUTR; formerly OTCBB: SUOT). |
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2006 |
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November 2006 |
GHS was an Exclusive Placement Agent on a $12.43MM PIPE for
Orion Ethanol, Inc. (OTCBB: OEHL). |
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June 2006 |
GHS was a Co-Placement Agent on a $20MM Alternative Public Offering for
Wonder Auto Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: WATG). |
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April 2006 |
GHS was a Co-Placement Agent on a $15MM Alternative Public Offering for
Shengdatech, Inc. (Nasdaq:SDTH). |
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January 2006 |
GHS was an Exclusive Placement Agent on a $12MM Alternative Public Offering for
China Agritech, Inc. (OTCBB: CAGC). |
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2005 |
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December 2005 |
GHS was an Exclusive Placement Agent on a $12MM Alternative Public Offering for
Winner Medical Group, Inc. (OTCBB: WMDG). |
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October 2005 |
GHS was an Exclusive Placement Agent on a $2.6MM Alternative Public Offering for
Helpson (now China Pharma Holdings, Inc.; OTCBB: CPHI). |
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October 2005 |
The company's name was changed from Velocity Trading, LLC to Global Hunter Securities, LLC. |
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September 2005 |
The company was a Co-Placement Agent on a $43MM Alternative Public Offering for
Shenzhen Bak Battery Co., Ltd. (now China BAK Battery, Inc.; Nasdaq: CBAK). |
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August 2005 |
The company was founded by Daniel Conwill in New Orleans, LA with the acquisition of Velocity Trading, LLC. Mr. Conwill was previously Executive Vice President and Co-Director of Corporate Finance at Jefferies & Company, Inc. While at Jefferies & Co, Mr. Conwill founded its oil and gas investment banking group and managed that group for 12 years. During that time, the group raised over $15 Billion in over 100 private and public equity and debt transactions and completed over 70 merger and acquisition transactions totaling over $10 billion in transaction value. |
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