Macquarie securities strengthens research coverage of business services

Macquarie Securities, the institutional equities arm of Macquarie Group ("Macquarie") (ASX: MQG; ADR: MQBKY), today announced the appointment of Hamzah Mazari as Senior Analyst covering Business Services, including staffing, information, waste, environmental, education and other professional services.

Mr. Mazari joins from Sterne Agee/CRT, where he covered a range of diversified services verticals. Prior to CRT, he was in a senior strategy role at Nuverra Environmental Solutions, and spent nine years at Credit Suisse covering business services and industrial sectors. He has been recognized with a number of top industry rankings including #2 in the 2014 Institutional Investor All America Research Team for Business, Professional & Education Services and #2 in the 2013 Greenwich Associates Survey for Americas Best Stock Analysts in the Commercial & Consumer Services sector. He holds a BA in Economics from Stanford University and is a Chartered Public Accountant.

Christine Farkas, Managing Director and Head of US Research at Macquarie Securities said: "We are delighted to have Hamzah join our business and professional services research team. As evidenced from industry accolades and surveys, he is a highly regarded professional who has been recognized for his client advice, strong analyses and deep corporate access."