Stifel Completes Acquisition of B&F Capital Markets, Inc.

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 03, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stifel Financial Corp. SF today announced that it has completed the acquisition of B&F Capital Markets, Inc., an industry leader in providing regional and community banks with extensive interest rate swap capabilities. 

"We are excited to welcome Alistair Fyfe, Derek Beitzel, and their team to Stifel," said Ronald J. Kruszewski, Chairman and CEO of Stifel. "The combination of B&F Capital Markets' expertise in interest rate risk management for banks' commercial borrowers and Stifel's broad network of banking clients will further enhance our industry leading financial services practice."

Founded in 2003, B&F is headquartered in Cleveland, OH, and maintains seven offices nationwide with 27 employees. B&F enters into strategic partnerships with regional and community banks throughout the U.S., ranging in asset size from $500 million to over $30 billion, providing a fully operational and professionally staffed client interest rate risk management group. Through these strategic partnerships, B&F initiates, develops, and grows interest rate derivative programs to hedge interest rate risk for the bank's commercial borrowers.   

Stifel Company Information
Stifel Financial Corp. SF is a financial services holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, that conducts its banking, securities, and financial services business through several wholly owned subsidiaries.  Stifel's broker-dealer clients are served in the United States through Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, including its Eaton Partners business division; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc.; Miller Buckfire & Co., LLC; Century Securities Associates, Inc., and in the United Kingdom and Europe through Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited.  The Company's broker-dealer affiliates provide securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities.  Stifel Bank and Stifel Bank & Trust offer a full range of consumer and commercial lending solutions.  Stifel Trust Company, N.A. and Stifel Trust Company Delaware, N.A. offer trust and related services.  To learn more about Stifel, please visit the Company's website at www.stifel.com.

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