NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gilford Securities, a full-service investment bank, headquartered in New York City, today announced that Jeremy Pinchot has joined the firm as Senior Vice President, Equity Research, responsible for the coverage of Housing and Real Estate including the U.S. homebuilding sector and building products companies.

Prior to Gilford Mr. Pinchot spent 12-years as an equity analyst and Director of Research at Monness, Crespi, Hardt & Co., Inc. in New York where he covered housing and other sectors including, newspaper publishers, for-profit education companies, retail, insurance brokers and special situations. Prior to joining MCH in 2000, Mr. Pinchot worked as a political media consultant and producer of political advertising and strategy in Washington, DC. Mr. Pinchot is a National Honorary Board Member of Republicans for Environmental Protection and a Board Member of The Pinchot Institute for Conservation Studies. Mr. Pinchot graduated with a B.A. in Journalism from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1993.

"Our research effort is recognized by clients and the media as a valuable and significant part of the firm's range of products," Casey Alexander, Director of Equity Research at Gilford, said in a statement. "Jeremy brings exceptional ability coupled with deep knowledge and experience within the housing and real estate sector. The new housing and real estate coverage significantly broadens the scope of Gilford's equity research platform providing clients with investment themes about a critically important sector of the U.S. economy."

About Gilford Securities

Founded in 1979 by senior officers of the former Blythe Eastman Dillon & Co., Gilford is a full-service boutique investment firm providing an array of financial services to institutional and retail clients including corporate finance services, independent equity research, equity sales and trading, retirement planning and wealth management. The firm's research effort targets select underserved niche segments in the small and middle capitalization market sector.

For more information about Gilford Securities, please visit http://www.gilfordsecurities.com

Contact:

Casey Alexander
Director, Equity Research
Gilford Securities, Inc.
212-940-9276

SOURCE Gilford Securities