SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apr. 4, 2016-- Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC), a leading investment bank and asset management firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of Alex Zukin as a managing director and senior research analyst in the software sector. He will be based in the San Francisco office.

Prior to joining Piper Jaffray, Zukin followed the enterprise software sector at Stephen’s Inc. for four years. Before Stephen’s Inc., Zukin worked on the infrastructure software team at the former Morgan Keegan (now Raymond James Morgan Keegan) and ThinkEquity.

“Alex brings a breadth of experience covering the software sector through his career and we are pleased to have him part of our equity research team. He will add tremendous value to our Technology franchise, which is important to our firm’s strategic goals,” said Michael Cox, managing director and director of research for Piper Jaffray.

Zukin holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the Haas School of Business and a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of California Berkeley.

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Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC) is a leading, international investment bank and asset management firm. Securities brokerage and investment banking services are offered in the U.S. through Piper Jaffray & Co., member SIPC and FINRA; in Europe through Piper Jaffray Ltd., authorized and regulated by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and Simmons & Company International Limited, authorized and regulated by the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and the Dubai Financial Services Authority; in Hong Kong through Piper Jaffray Hong Kong Limited, authorized and regulated by the Securities and Futures Commission. Asset management products and services are offered through four separate investment advisory affiliates―U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered Advisory Research, Inc., Piper Jaffray Investment Management LLC and PJC Capital Partners LLC; and Guernsey-based Parallel General Partners Limited, authorized and regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

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