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Pulse Trading Expands Trading & Technology Groups

BOSTON, August 21, 2007 –  David Barnett has joined Pulse Trading, Inc., a leading agency brokerage firm serving institutional investors nationwide, as Vice President-Institutional Sales.  Located in Pulse’s New York office, he was previously at BNY ConvergEx Group as Vice President-Program Trading, and acquired prior experience at Harborside Securities, LLC, OptiMark, Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co.

Pulse Trading has also announced the appointment of Michael Cahill as an equity trader on its Boston trading desk. He is a recent graduate of Boston College.

In addition, Simon Szypszak has been named the firm’s Director of Information Technology.  He is based in Boston, and was most recently with State Street Global Markets, the specialized investment research and trading arm of State Street Corp., from 2000 to 2007.

“With our new hires, we now have nearly 50 trading, research, technology and administrative personnel in five offices nationwide who are keeping Pulse Trading at the forefront of the fast-moving developments in the securities industry,” commented Wally Sullivan, Managing Partner.

Pulse Trading, Inc., founded in 2000, is a leading full service independent agency 

brokerage firm that provides top quality trade execution services and independent research for institutional investment firms nationwide.  Based in Boston and with regional offices in Dallas, New York, San Francisco and St. Louis, Pulse has developed an industry-leading reputation by combining the latest in trading technology and market research expertise with the special talents of its top-flight traders.  Visit the website at www.PulseTrading.com or call 1.617.316.5620.


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