Piper Jaffray Launches Coverage on Transportation and Logistics with Addition of Analyst Matthew Brooklier

Piper Jaffray & Co. announced Matthew Brooklier has joined the firm as vice president covering transportation and logistics companies, a new research vertical for the firm. Based in New York, Brooklier will cover freight-forwarding, trucking, railroad, and a broad range of logistics companies.

Brooklier has seven years of industry experience covering transportation companies at Bear Stearns and, most recently, as the lead transportation analyst at GE Commercial Finance.

“Our launch of research coverage among transportation and logistics companies reflects our ongoing commitment to responding to client needs and market opportunities,” said Stephen J. Buell, head of equity research at Piper Jaffray. “We are pleased to have Matt onboard to lead this effort.”

Brooklier received his bachelor of science degree in finance from the Charles E. Dolan School of Business at Fairfield University in Connecticut.

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