"The high quality of the ISI team and the research they produce is well known throughout the financial community. The ISI team, together with the outstanding professionals that have already joined Evercore's Institutional Equities business, enhances our ability to provide the highest quality objective advice to all of our corporate, private equity, institutional investor, asset management and wealth management clients. We enthusiastically look forward to Ed, Vinayak and their team joining the Evercore family." said Roger Altman, Executive Chairman.