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.
Mr. Faught joined Stephens’ Northwest Arkansas office in Fayetteville as a Public Finance Banker in 2004. Prior to joining Stephens, he spent 11 years in municipal management in the states of Arkansas and Missouri and served most recently as the Assistant City Administrator for the City of Branson, Missouri. Mr. Faught previously served as Assistant to the Mayor/Director of Administration for the City of Springdale, Arkansas. He worked closely with bankers, financial advisors and bond attorneys during his time in city management. Some of his clients include the school districts of Mulberry/Pleasant View, Wickes, Searcy County, Westside and Hartford, as well as the cities of Tontitown, Bentonville, Pea Ridge and Lowell. Mr. Faught is a registered Municipal Advisor Representative, Municipal Advisor Principal, Municipal Securities Representative and Registered Uniform State Law Securities Agent. He holds a bachelor's degree in business and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville.