News and Information

• "Number of Big Deals Drops In 2009," Arkansas Business,
  January 25, 2010

• "Bare Escentuals Surges On Shiseido's $1.7Bln Merger Offer," MarketWatch (Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones News Service),
  January 15, 2010

• "French Giant Latest To Grab Shale Access: Total Purchasing Chesapeake," Houston Chronicle,
  January 5, 2010

• "Investment Analysis: REITs Rev Up," Commercial Investment Real Estate,
  January/February 2010

• "Retail Stocks: Picking 2010's Winners And Losers," Business Week (BusinessWeek.com),
  December 14, 2009

• "Dollars And Sense: Retailers Should Consider Flexible Capital Sources," Mann Report Retail,
  December 2009

• "DOE Smart Grid Grant Money Dispersed Between Large, Small Project," Dow Jones Clean Technology Insight/WSJ.com,
  October 28, 2009
• “Arkansas Investment Bank Expands Into Energy Research,” Houston Business Journal,
  October 2-8, 2009
• “LBO Watch: The Floatation Equation,” Mergers & Acquisitions: The Dealmakers’ Journal,
  October 2009
• “Stephens Taps Blandon For LatAm-China Push,” Latin Finance,
  September 22, 2009
• “Stephens Cori Capital Grows,” Mergers Unleashed,
  September 16, 2009
• “Jacked Up In Texas,” The Deal Magazine (The Daily Deal/TheDeal.com),
  September 4, 2009
• "Utilities' Perfect Storm Bodes Well For Smart Grid," PowerGrid International,
  September, 2009
• “Strategic M&A Boosts Prospects: New Focus On Infrastructure Will Stimulate Buyers and Sellers,” CE News Magazine,
  September 2009
• “I-Banking On The Mend,” Oil & Gas Investor,
  September 2009
• “Flexible Capital And How It Is Still Available To Retailers,” Apparel Magazine,
  June 24, 2009
• "Firms Should Think About Expanding,"ENR (Engineering News-Record),
  May 25, 2009
• "News: Stephens Launches Energy Group," Mergers & Acquisitions Report,
  May 18, 2009
• "Stephens Forms Energy Investment Group," SNL Energy - Energy Finance Daily,
  May 13, 2009
• "ECSolutions' Behrens, Nelson, Montalbano Form Stephens' Energy I - Banking Business," Oil & Gas Investor,
  May 11, 2009
• "Stephens Inc. Hires Texas Energy Investment Team," Arkansas Business,
  May 11, 2009
• "Ferragamo Moves... Wasik Joins Stephens...," WWD (Women's Wear Daily),
  April 15, 2009
•  "Stephens Inc. Brought On Kenneth Wasik As A Managing Director," Investment Dealers' Digest,
  March 20, 2009
• "Stephens Grabs Former Jefferies Managing Director," Mergers Unleashed,
  March 17, 2009
• "Stephens Expands Energy Investment Banking,"
  May 11, 2009
• "Stephens Inc. Hires Ken Wasik,"
  March 16, 2009
• "PEOPLE: Jennifer Herber Hired By Stephens," Investment News,
  January 25, 2009
• "$28.1B Places Verizon-Alltel Deal Atop List," Arkansas Business,
  January 19, 2009