Stephens Investment Banking Adds Stephen Levitan to Capital Solutions Group

Warren Stephens, President, CEO, and Chairman of Stephens Inc., questions why young people have a negative perception about our free market system. It is especially puzzling, he writes, in light of their support for entrepreneurism.

The last decade experienced slow but steady growth of about 2%. Then Covid-19 arrived, and the country and the world went on lockdown in early 2020. The U.S. economy lagged in the second quarter with the worst quarterly growth rate ever recorded in real Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

Independence Day celebrations will wind down shortly, but many officials in Washington, D.C. want to continue the party. They propose massive displays of pyrotechnics, never seen in the United States except in wartime. Washington’s fireworks, of course, are in the form of huge budget-busting government spending.

We recently caught up with Dr. Thomas Goho, former Chief Economic Consultant for Stephens Inc. to ask him if his outlook for our economy had changed since the end of 2020. Particularly, in light of the recently enacted stimulus package as well as anticipated income tax increases along with a proposed historical spending proposal from the new Biden administration

arren Stephens chats with P3 Group President and CEO Dee Brown, founder of one of the nation’s most successful minority-owned real estate firms focusing on public-private partnerships.

Young’s Communications, LLC Has Been Acquired By Grain Management. Stephens served as exclusive financial advisor to Cotton Creek Capital in the sale of its portfolio company, Young's Communication, LLC.

With interest rates at historic lows, many Arkansas school districts have refinanced or “refunded” their outstanding municipal bonds to reduce their interest costs. In fact, Arkansas school districts represented by Stephens saved more than $41 million during 2020 by refunding their outstanding bonds.

Leigh Ann Biernat, CPA and Senior Vice President at Stephens Public Finance, was the lead banker on an $85.81 million issuance of public safety charges revenue bonds for the Arkansas Development Finance Authority (ADFA). Stephens served as principal underwriter driving the complex transaction, which was executed in December and whose bond payments commenced in June.

From pandemic-induced remote learning to historic winter storms, K-12 education decision makers in Arkansas, Texas and Tennessee have faced an enormous amount of critical challenges over the past 12 months. And despite all of these transformative changes, one thing remains constant: that brick-and-mortar educational institutions are still essential knowledge centers to school districts across the U.S.