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 corporate philanthropy; economic and financial literacy advocacy; and diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
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.
John Denery started his career in 1998 with Unum in Memphis covering Tennessee, Arkansas & Mississippi, earning representative of the year in 1999. In 2002, he joined Stephens Insurance, LLC as Senior Vice President. With a strong focus on innovation and transparency, Denery began working with some of the state’s largest employers, both public and private, on all facets of their employee benefits programs. In 2006, he co-founded Stephens Consulting Services (SCS), a division of Stephens Insurance that provides audit and consulting services on pharmacy benefits to self-funded employer groups. In 2012, Denery was promoted to Executive Vice President.
Denery is a member of the National Association of Health Underwriters and the Society for Human Resource Management. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Search Ministries, Young Life and the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace. Denery received his B.A. in History in 1995 from Hobart College, Geneva, New York.
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