In Brief: Putnam Lovell Hires E-Finance Researcher

NEW YORK - Putnam Lovell Securities, the San Francisco investment bank, has hired Richard H. Repetto to head its e-finance research team.

Mr. Repetto, who takes the title of senior vice president at Putnam Lovell, comes from the research group at Lehman Brothers, whose Internet financial services research coverage he started in May 1999. He previously followed specialty finance companies at Lehman, after a 10-year career at Mobil Oil Corp.

He reports to Jacqueline Reeves, director of Putnam Lovell's research group, and will work closely its e-finance investment banking team, headed by Steve Pierson.

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