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Jarden has lured Matt Wilson from Jefferies as its head of financials research, six months after Kieren Chidgey resigned from the role.

Wilson joins from Jefferies, where he had headed research on banks, and will start at Jarden on February 10. His appointment was announced on Thursday afternoon in a staff memo signed by Jarden’s research boss Ben Gilbert and head of institutional equities John Spencer.

Wilson will be based in Melbourne and joins Jarden after its equity capital markets team ended 2024 on the No.5 spot on the league tables.

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