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Medley Global Advisors Names Political Economy and Telecom-Media-Technology Directors

Posted on: Tuesday, 28 July 2009, 13:47 CDT

NEW YORK, July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Medley Global Advisors, LLC (MGA), the leading independent provider of policy intelligence to hedge funds, asset managers, investment banks, and governments, announced today that it has hired Matthew Benjamin as Director for Political Economy and Jeffrey Silva as senior policy director for telecommunications, media and technology.

Matthew Benjamin joins MGA after a 14-year career in financial and economic journalism. Mr. Benjamin most recently served as an economic correspondent for Bloomberg News in Washington, where he focused on the U.S. and global economies, regulatory and macroeconomic policy, politics and trade. Prior to that, he was chief economics correspondent for U.S. News & World Report magazine. Mr. Benjamin holds a B.A. from Bucknell University and an M.A. from New York University. In 2005, he was awarded a fellowship, which included travel to study and work in China, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore.

Jeffrey Silva has been a leading telecom-high tech policy reporter and commentator for more than two decades, serving most recently as Washington Bureau Chief of RCR Wireless News, where he reported on telecom and high-tech policy matters pending before Congress, the Federal Communications Commission, the administration, courts, state governments and state regulatory agencies. Mr. Silva was national co-winner of the American Society of Business Publication Editors' Silver Award for government coverage in 2003. Previously, Mr. Silva had stints with The Washington Post, The Washington Times, The Springfield (Va.) Times, the National Captioning Institute and the Voice of America. He holds a B.S. cum laude in Communications from the University of Tennessee.

Messrs. Benjamin and Silva will be working in MGA's Washington, D.C., office.

"We are delighted to be adding two senior level executives with a powerful understanding in their respective areas of the policy world that is so critical to our firm and our clients," said Craig Sawin, MGA's President.

"Matt will be able to draw on his vast experience in financial and economic issues in Washington to connect the dots between economic policy developments and potential investment strategies for our clients. Jeff will be able to draw from his vast experience in telecom and high-tech reporting to provide insights to MGA's TMT clients. We are delighted to have both of them on our team."

About MGA

MGA analyzes primary sourced and public input from policymakers and applies it to industry and financial markets to help clients and policymakers anticipate key macro and regulatory events that affect them. MGA provides services covering select G7/OECD fixed income and currency markets, emerging markets, telecoms, utilities, and energy markets. It was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Washington DC, London, and Tokyo.

For more information on MGA, visit http://www.medleyadvisors.com/. To contact the firm, e-mail advisors@medleyadvisors.com or call Craig Sawin at 212-941-2721.

Website: http://www.medleyadvisors.com/

SOURCE Medley Global Advisors, LLC

Source: PR Newswire

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