An investment banker has been found dead in an apparent suicide in Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Kenneth Bellando's death is the latest in a spate of suicides by finance professionals both around the globe and in New York.

He was found dead in a neighboring backyard after jumping off his six-story building at around 10.20pm on Wednesday March 12.

Police investigators told MailOnline that the case is still technically under investigation but there was no immediate suspicion of foul play and he was dead on arrival.

Bellando, 28, worked at Levy Capital Partners and was previously an investment bank analyst at JP Morgan and Paragon Capital Partners.

He was raised in Long Island before attending and graduating from Georgetown University in D.C.

He returned to New York after graduation and launched his career in finance.

HARROWING START TO THE YEAR: THE 11 SELF-INFLICTED DEATHS OF FINANCE PROFESSIONALS IN 2014
There have been a spate of suicides amongst financial services employees since the beginning of 2014. They've occurred in London, the U.S., Singapore and Hong Kong.
1. William Broeksmit, a 58-year-old former senior executive for Deutsche Bank AG, was found dead in at home after apparently taking his own life in South Kensington in central London, on January 26
2. Karl Slym, the 51 year old Tata Motors managing director was discovered dead on the fourth floor of the Shangri-La hotel in Bangkok on January 27
3. Gabriel Magee, the 39-year-old JP Morgan employee, whodied after plummeting from the roof of the JP Morgan European headquarters in London's Canary Wharf on January 27
4. Mike Dueker, the 50-year-old chief economist of US bank Russell Investments was discovered dead near to the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in Washington State on January 31
5. Richard Talley, the 57 year old founder of American Title Services in Centennial, Colorado, was found dead on February 4 after apparently shooting himself with a nail gun.
6. Tim Dickenson, who was a U.K.-based communications director at Swiss Re AG, died in late January, in as yet unexplained circumstances
7. Li Junjie, 33-year-old banker in Hong Kong jumped from the JP Morgan HQ in Hong Kong on February 19
8. James Stuart, the former National Bank of Commerce CEO was found dead in Scottsdale, Arizona on the morning of February 19. The cause of death has yet to be announced
9. Autumn Radtke, the CEO of First Meta, a digital currency exchange firm who was found dead on February 28 outside her Singapore apartment.
10. Ed Reilly, 47, a divorced father-of-three who worked as a trader at Vertical Group in Manhattan. He jumped in front of a Long Island Rail Road train on March 11
11. Kenneth Bellando, 28, an investment banker at Levy Capital Partners jumped off his building in Manhattan's Upper East Side on March 12

The banker suicide saga has just reached a new level as a top level JPMorgan attorney has been exterminated in a hit & run incident involving a minivan.

JPM attorney Joseph Giampapa was killed over the weekend when he was struck by a minivan in a hit and run incident. Giampapa was reportedly hit and thrown 150 ft and was pronounced dead at the scene. No charges have been filed.

It gets better: Giampapa was JPMorgan’s top commercial bankruptcy lawyer (SVP).

Somehow we suspect the incident was not inflicted by a soccer mom.

The JP Morgan outside counsel manual, listing Giampapa as their Commercial Bank Bankruptcy SVP:
Commercial Bank Bankruptcy & Workout
Joseph Giampapa, SVP and Associate General Counsel
(614/248-6056)

www.jpmorganchase.com/corporate/Home/doc...Managers_7012013.pdf

Giampapa’s legal profile:

www.martindale.com/Joseph-A-Giampapa/1445173-lawyer.htm

The Columbus Dispatch’s coverage of the incident:

www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2...inivan-in-piqua.html

Recall that Jim Willie informed SD readers several weeks ago that international bankers are dropping like flies to prevent details on massive FOREX fraud from reaching investigating authorities, and that European banking source “V” stated that the banker hit list includes top level banking executives, and also stated that suicided JP Morgan bankers Ryan Henry Crane & Gabriel Magee knew each other and had uncovered something.

Perhaps Giampapa had also uncovered too many secrets.