Profile
Difei Yang worked as a Managing Director & Analyst at R.F.
Lafferty & Co., Inc. from 2013 to 2014.
She then worked as a Managing Director at WallachBeth Capital LLC in 2012-2013, followed by a Managing Director role at Auriga USA LLC in 2011-2012.
Yang also worked as a Senior Analyst at Capstone Investments from 2010 to 2011.
She held Managing Director positions at Brean Capital LLC from 2014 to 2016, and at Mizuho Securities USA LLC from 2017 to 2021.
Yang also worked as an Executive Director at Mizuho Americas LLC, and as an Analyst at Aegis Capital Corp.
Additionally, she held Principal positions at Becton, Dickinson & Co., Kimberly-Clark Corp., Guided Therapeutics, Inc., and Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Yang earned a doctorate degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, an undergraduate degree from Peking University, and an MBA from Georgia State University.
Former positions of Difei Yang
| Companies | Position | End |
|---|---|---|
Mizuho Securities USA LLC
 Mizuho Securities USA LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Mizuho Securities USA LLC is the US-based securities broker/dealer and futures commission merchant arm of Mizuho Americas LLC, ultimately held by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8411, NYSE: MFG) in Japan. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1994 and provides institutional and corporate clients access to commodity and financial markets around the world. Mizuho Securities USA covers the following industries: Consumer, Energy, Financial Institutions, Financial Sponsors, Healthcare, Industrial & Diversified Industries, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT). The firm and their affiliates hold memberships on all major futures and options exchanges worldwide. | Analyst-Equity | 2020-12-31 |
Aegis Capital Corp.
 Aegis Capital Corp. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1984, Aegis Capital Corp. is a broker-dealer located in New York City. They provide a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research | Analyst-Equity | 2017-06-30 |
Brean Capital LLC
 Brean Capital LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Brean Capital is an independent investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1973 and provides equity research, corporate finance and advisory investment banking, equity institutional sales and trading, and asset management to institutional investors and corporate clients. Their fixed income business provides sales, trading, research and banking services on a wide range of mortgage and asset-backed, US Treasury and government agency securities, structured products, corporate bonds, and municipal debt. The fixed income sales team employs a highly analytical approach to bond selection, trade execution, and overall bond portfolio management. Under the guidance of fixed income strategists, the fixed income team uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses to create custom investment portfolios and develop targeted, executable bond trading strategies to complement their clients? balance sheets. | Analyst-Equity | 2016-09-30 |
R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc.
 R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1946, R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. is a brokerage firm and registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm's research focuses on small- and mid-cap companies. | Analyst-Equity | 2014-11-29 |
Mizuho Americas LLC
 Mizuho Americas LLC Investment ManagersFinance Part of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., Mizuho Americas LLC is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia. The company is based in New York, NY, and the CEO of the company is Shuji Matsuura. The company offers comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices worldwide. Mizuho Americas employs 3,000 professionals across 15 offices within the Americas and offers clients corporate and investment banking, financing, securities, treasury services, asset management, research, and more. | Director/Board Member | - |
Training of Difei Yang
| University of California, Los Angeles | Doctorate Degree |
| Peking University | Undergraduate Degree |
| Georgia State University | Masters Business Admin |
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Linked companies
| Listed companies | 3 |
|---|---|
| BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY | Health Technology |
| GUIDED THERAPEUTICS, INC. | Health Technology |
| KIMBERLY-CLARK CORPORATION | Consumer Non-Durables |
| Private companies | 9 |
|---|---|
Capstone Investments
 Capstone Investments Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1995, Capstone Investments is a broker/dealer headquartered in San Diego, California with an additional office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The firm provides a full range of institutional services including, investment banking, research, deal origination and capital introduction services. They provide fundamental research and investment opinions to their clients primarily on small- to mid-cap companies. | Finance |
Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
 Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Pharmaceuticals: MajorHealth Technology Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc manufactures pharmaceutical products. The company produces therapies for cardi-metabolic, gastroenterological, and neurological disorders. Its brands include Androgel, Klonopin, and ACEON drugs. Solvay Pharmaceuticals was founded by Ernest Solvay in 1863 and is located in Marietta, GA. | Health Technology |
Auriga USA LLC
 Auriga USA LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Auriga USA is a broker/dealer located in New York City. Their research focuses on the semiconductors, information technology and health services sectors. | Finance |
WallachBeth Capital LLC
 WallachBeth Capital LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 2008, WallachBeth Capital LLC is an SEC-registered broker/dealer located in New York City. The firm is an institutional, inter-market-broker providing non-conflicted trade execution and connectivity to the broad spectrum of professional trading market participants and an expansive menu of exchanged-traded products. They specialize in ETFs, listed equity options and index products, OTC derivatives, listed and OTC equities and non-US equities. | Finance |
R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc.
R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1946, R.F. Lafferty & Co., Inc. is a brokerage firm and registered investment advisor located in New York City. The firm's research focuses on small- and mid-cap companies. | Finance |
Brean Capital LLC
Brean Capital LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Brean Capital is an independent investment bank and registered broker/dealer headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1973 and provides equity research, corporate finance and advisory investment banking, equity institutional sales and trading, and asset management to institutional investors and corporate clients. Their fixed income business provides sales, trading, research and banking services on a wide range of mortgage and asset-backed, US Treasury and government agency securities, structured products, corporate bonds, and municipal debt. The fixed income sales team employs a highly analytical approach to bond selection, trade execution, and overall bond portfolio management. Under the guidance of fixed income strategists, the fixed income team uses a combination of qualitative and quantitative analyses to create custom investment portfolios and develop targeted, executable bond trading strategies to complement their clients? balance sheets. | Finance |
Aegis Capital Corp.
Aegis Capital Corp. Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Founded in 1984, Aegis Capital Corp. is a broker-dealer located in New York City. They provide a full array of trading and execution services for their clients. They do not provide any internal research | Finance |
Mizuho Americas LLC
Mizuho Americas LLC Investment ManagersFinance Part of Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., Mizuho Americas LLC is a leading provider of corporate and investment banking services to clients in the Americas, EMEA, and Asia. The company is based in New York, NY, and the CEO of the company is Shuji Matsuura. The company offers comprehensive financial services to clients in 35 countries and 800 offices worldwide. Mizuho Americas employs 3,000 professionals across 15 offices within the Americas and offers clients corporate and investment banking, financing, securities, treasury services, asset management, research, and more. | Finance |
Mizuho Securities USA LLC
Mizuho Securities USA LLC Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Mizuho Securities USA LLC is the US-based securities broker/dealer and futures commission merchant arm of Mizuho Americas LLC, ultimately held by Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (TYO: 8411, NYSE: MFG) in Japan. Headquartered in New York City, the firm was founded in 1994 and provides institutional and corporate clients access to commodity and financial markets around the world. Mizuho Securities USA covers the following industries: Consumer, Energy, Financial Institutions, Financial Sponsors, Healthcare, Industrial & Diversified Industries, Power, Utilities & Infrastructure, Real Estate, and Technology, Media & Telecom (TMT). The firm and their affiliates hold memberships on all major futures and options exchanges worldwide. | Finance |
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