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.
Cole Buffington joined Stephens in 2022 and is a member of the firm’s Specialty Finance Investment Banking group. At Stephens, he has worked on a variety of transactions with both public and private companies, including buy-side and sell-side M&A as well as debt and equity capital raising transactions. Cole graduated magna cum laude from The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, with a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration and received a Master’s of Business Administration from The Citadel Graduate College.