KBW Announces Changes to Weighting of UMPQ in KRX

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., a full-service, boutique investment bank and broker‐dealer that specializes in the financial services sector, and a wholly owned subsidiary of Stifel Financial Corp. SF, announces the increase in shares of UMPQUA Holdings Corp. UMPQ upon completion of the merger of Sterling Financial STSA in the KBW Regional Banking Index KRX. These changes will be effective prior to the opening of business on Monday, April 21, 2014, since Friday April 18, 2014 is a market holiday.

The KBW indices have tradable exchange‐traded funds licensed: KBW Bank Index (Index Ticker: BKX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWB^SM); KBW Capital Markets Index (Index Ticker: KSX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWC^SM); KBW Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KIX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWI^SM); KBW Regional Banking Index (Index Ticker: KRX^SM, ETF Tickers: KBWR^SM, KRS^SM, KRU^SM); KBW Financial Sector Dividend Yield Index (Index Ticker: KDX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWD^SM); KBW Premium Yield Equity REIT Index (Index Ticker: KYX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWY^SM); KBW Property and Casualty Insurance Index (Index Ticker: KPX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWP^SM); KBW Mortgage Finance Index (Index Ticker: MFX^SM); and KBW Global (Ex US) Financial Sector Index (Index Ticker: KGX^SM, ETF Ticker: KBWX^SM).

About KBW

KBW LLC, a Stifel company, operates in the U.S. and Europe through its broker dealer subsidiaries, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc. and Keefe, Bruyette & Woods Limited. Over the years, KBW has established itself as a leading independent authority in the banking, insurance, brokerage, asset management, mortgage banking and specialty finance sectors. Founded in 1962, the firm maintains industry‐leading positions in the areas of research, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions as well as sales and trading in equities securities of financial services companies.