We provide investment banking, research, sales and trading, asset and wealth management, public finance, insurance, private capital, and family office services.
We are a family-owned financial services firm that values client relationships, long-term stability, and supporting the communities where we live and work.
The idea of family defines our culture, because each of us knows that our reputation is on the line as if our own name was on the door.
Our reputation as a leading independent financial services firm is built on the stability of our longstanding and highly experienced senior executives.
We are committed to bettering the communities where we live and operate. We do this by supporting corporate philanthropy, economic and financial literacy advocacy, and professional success.
Stephens is proud to sponsor the PGA TOUR, LPGA Tour, and PGA TOUR Champions careers, as well as applaud the philanthropic endeavors, of our Brand Ambassadors.
Stephens is the official investment banking partner of Williams Racing, one of the most winning teams in F1 history. We share that tradition of success.
We host many highly informative meetings each year with clients, industry decision makers, and thought leaders across the U.S. and in Europe.
Stephens can help finance education projects for K-12, colleges, and universities—including facility upgrades, classroom technology, student housing, and resources for teachers and staff.
Stephens can help finance medical facility projects, tech upgrades, and accessibility improvements for hospitals, including single specialty, general acute care, and children’s hospitals.
Stephens can help finance Public Safety projects supporting first responders, including fire, police, EMT services, and correctional facilities, to enhance emergency response and public protection.
Stephens can help finance recreation projects of all sizes—parks, arenas, convention centers, and more—to enhance community life at city, county, and state levels.
Stephens can help finance transportation projects of all sizes—from crosswalks to airports—supporting commerce and community connection through roads, bridges, railways, ports, and more.
Stephens can help finance utility projects—water, sewer, electric, broadband, and more—supporting essential services with a solutions-focused approach to ESG risks for community infrastructure.
Brad Eichler is Chief Operating Officer of Stephens Inc., overseeing the firm’s business divisions which include Stephens Capital Management, Fixed Income Sales & Trading, Institutional Equities and Research, Investment Banking, Private Wealth Management and Public Finance. Mr. Eichler works directly with Miles Stephens and John Stephens, the Company’s Co-CEOs and serves on the firm’s Executive Committee.
Mr. Eichler brings 33 years of experience and a deep appreciation of Stephens’ culture to the role. Prior to his appointment as COO in April 2023, Mr. Eichler headed Stephens Investment Banking division from 2007. During his tenure, Mr. Eichler helped grow Stephens Investment Banking to more than 260 professionals across nine major markets in the U.S. and launched Stephens Europe Limited in London and Frankfurt.
Mr. Eichler joined Stephens in July 1991 as an Associate in the firm’s Research Department. In 1993, he became an Analyst covering the Property & Casualty insurance industry. In 1999, he began to focus on building the firm's research effort in Information Technology & Services and was named Director of Research in 2006. He began his career with Merrill Lynch Capital Markets. He holds a BBA in finance from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and earned the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) in 1995.
Mr. Eichler serves on the Board of Directors for the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA).
