Women-Owned Brokerage Continues Expansion; Divine Capital Launches Independent Equity Research Department; Firm Adds To Sales/Trading Desk

December 4, 2003 New York, NY -- Divine Capital Markets LLC, a leading women-owned brokerage and investment banking firm whose clients include institutional managers, pension funds and high net worth individuals, announced the launch of an independent research facility and five additions to the firm's professional staff.

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 7, 2003 --Divine Capital Markets LLC, a leading women-owned brokerage and investment banking firm whose clients include institutional managers, pension funds and high net worth individuals, announced the launch of an independent research facility and five additions to the firm's professional staff.

Danielle Hughes, Founder and CEO of the minority-certified broker-dealer firm stated, "Our firms growth is reflective of the increased number of clients that we serve and the expanded range of services that we provide." Ms. Hughes added, By providing our clients with equity research products that are independent and completely objective, we continue to differentiate ourselves from other Wall Street firms through both quality of service and integrity of product."

New appointments to the firm include Patricia Senese, who will serve in the newly created role of Manager of Institutional Trading. Ms. Senese, whose background as an institutional equity sales/trader extends more than 20 years and has cultivated relationships with leading buy-side portfolio managers, was most recently a senior institutional sales executive for May Davis Group.

In connection with Divine Capitals new research product offering, the firm announced that William Laemmel has joined the firm as Director of Research and Steven Charest has been appointed Director of Wealth Management.

Mr. Laemmel, a 25-year industry veteran and author of The Strategic Focus, a monthly report focusing on economic conditions and the capital markets, will oversee the firms equity research department and will also provide written coverage on equity issues within the financial services and telecommunications industries. Mr. Charest, a technical analyst who began his career with Lehman Brothers in 1991, will continue to publish the Monthly Technical Opinion and manage account activity for a select group of private clients.

About Divine Capital Markets LLC.

Established in 1996 by Danielle Hughes, the firms President and CEO, Divine Capital Markets LLC is a women-owned, minority certified brokerage and investment banking firm recognized for providing institutional clients, pension fund managers and a select group of accredited investors worldwide with agency execution, corporate finance and private wealth management services. Through an affiliation with TS Meehan & Associates, the firm also provides a patent-pending, computer-based execution service to Fortune 500 corporate treasurers who are responsible for overseeing corporate share repurchase programs. Divine Capital can be found on the Internet via http://www.DivineCapital.com

For Additional Information:
Divine Capital Markets LLC
Danielle Hughes, President & CEO
Tel: (212) 344-5867
Email: Dani@DivineCapital.com

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