Financial Services >> Sector Roundtables >> July 9, 2001
MARK L. CONSTANT is Senior Vice President and Senior Equity
Research Analyst of brokers and asset managers at Lehman
Brothers. He is a member of the Institutional Investor magazine
'All-America' Equity Research Team, garnering the highest
attribute scores for stock selection and
accessibility/responsiveness among ranked analysts in the brokers
and asset managers category, in the most recent poll. He has also
ranked four times among the 'Best on the Street' in The Wall
Street Journal's annual Analysts Survey. In last year's contest,
he placed number one in both stock picking and earnings
forecasting, among all of the qualifying analysts in the
securities brokerage sector. He has been a featured guest on
several CNBC and CNN television shows, Bloomberg TV and Radio,
etc., and is frequently cited in publications such as The Wall
Street Journal, Barron's, The Financial Times, The New York
Times, Forbes, Institutional Investor, Business Week and The Wall
Street Transcript, etc. He is a member of the Association for
Investment Management and Research, as well as the Security
Analysts of San Francisco. He came to Lehman Brothers in 1999
after spending eight years at Merrill Lynch.. He received his
Bachelor's degree in Economics from Stanford University, where he
is now a regular guest speaker at the Graduate School of
Business. Profile
DEAN P. EBERLING is a Senior Vice President at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods.
Mr. Eberling was previously affiliated with Putnam Lovell, de Guardiola
& Thornton, Inc. He received his MA degree in Business Economics from
Fairleigh Dickinson University, his MBA in Finance from Seton Hall
University, and did post-graduate work in economics at New York
University. Profile
AMY S. BUTTE is a Managing Director at Bear, Stearns & Company, covering
the Securities Brokerage, Asset Management, and Financial Technology
Industries. The Wall Street Journal All-Star Analyst 2000 Survey rated
her Number One in the Securities Industry. Institutional Investor also
named her as a Runner-Up in the Brokers and Asset Managers All-Star
list. Prior to joining Bear Stearns Equity Research Department, Ms.
Butte initiated coverage of the Securities Broker Dealer industry at
Merrill Lynch. Her previous experience includes positions at Bridge
Information Systems, Merrin Financial, and Andersen Consulting. Ms.
Butte holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Arts
degree in Political Science and Psychology from Yale University. Profile
TWST: How has the environment for the brokers and asset managers changedover the last 12 months?
Mr. Eberling: The biggest change in the business over the last 12 months
has been in the