New Office
Hudson Securities Opens In Cleveland, Names Two Execs To Team

Hudson Securities has announced the opening of a new office
in Cleveland and the appointment of two senior executives to its
equity research sales team.
Dan Hyland joins the company as managing director, while
Eric Smith steps in as senior vice president. Prior to
Hudson, Hyland founded and served as president of Hyland Investor
Services, providing institutional investors based in the Midwest
with corporate access to management teams of small-cap firms.
Smith joins the firm from KeyBanc Capital Markets, where he was
director of institutional equity sales. Both will report directly
to Michael Boehm, the managing director of Hudson Securities
research sales team based in Chicago.
Hudson Securities research team consists of five analysts
providing coverage of around 50 firms. It plans to add at least
five more analysts and provide coverage of 150 stocks by the end
of 2010.