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Published in Business and Finance on Monday, February 14th 2011 at 5:10 GMT by Market Wire🞛 This publication is a summary or evaluation of another publication
NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--National Holdings Corporation (OTCBB: NHLD), a full service investment banking holding company, announced today the appointment of Jeff Stambovsky as Managing Director of Investment Banking of its subsidiary broker dealer, National Securities Corporation. Stambovsky will lead the firma™s investment banking activities in Israel.
Mark Goldwasser, CEO of National, said, aJeff is a Wall Street veteran whose broad financial experience combined with his decade-long association with legendary technology visionary George Gilder, who authored the book The Israel Test, makes him an excellent candidate to head this new effort. We view Israel, and especially its vibrant technology sector, as an arena of significant opportunity and look forward to working with Jeff as we grow this practice area.a
Stambovsky has spent more than three decades on Wall Street as an analyst, trader, salesperson, and investment banking executive. In the late seventies, Stambovsky joined Salomon Brothers as one of the first so-called aquantsa in the industry, reporting to quantitative bond research pioneer Dr. Martin Leibowitz. In 1988, following senior trading positions at Salomon, Bear Stearns, and Smith Barney, he founded the High Yield Bond Department at Wertheim Schroder, which later became Schroders US. In 1991 he became the Managing Director in charge of Wertheim Schrodera™s Fixed Income Department and was responsible for all of the firm's positions in corporate, municipal, mortgage, and government bonds, as well as the firm's fixed income financing operations. While at Wertheim Schroder and Schroders US, Jeff served as a member of the firmsa™ Executive Committees, Operating Committees, and Credit Committees.
Since 2000 Stambovsky has been a writer/editor for Gilder Publications, and also served as emcee/moderator at the annual Gilder/Forbes Telecosm Conference. From 2002-2004, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Vonage Holdings Corp., Inc. Stambovsky attended Johns Hopkins University, received an AB degree in philosophy from Vassar College, and went on to earn his MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.
About National Holdings Corporation
National Holdings Corporation is a holding company for National Securities Corporation, vFinance Investments, Inc., EquityStation, Inc., National Asset Management, Inc., and National Insurance Corporation. National Securities, vFinance and EquityStation are broker-dealers registered with the SEC, and members of FINRA and SIPC. National Securities and vFinance are also members of the NFA. The three principal lines of business of the broker-dealers are offering full service retail brokerage; providing investment banking, merger, acquisition and advisory services to micro, small and mid-cap high growth companies; and trading securities, including making markets in over 4,000 micro and small-cap stock, distributing direct market access platforms, and providing liquidity in the United States Treasury marketplace. National Asset Management is a federally-registered investment advisor. National Insurance provides a full array of fixed insurance products to its clients. For more information, please visit our websites at [ www.nationalsecurities.com ] and [ www.vfinance.com ].
