Brean Murray & Co., Inc. Announces Another Addition to Its Financial Institutions Group (FIG)

Wednesday, April 20, 2005

Brean Murray & Co., Inc. announces today that Eric Rothmann has joined the company as a senior analyst in the equity research department.

Eric Rothmann, formerly of Howe Barnes, joins as Vice President within our financial institutions group (FIG) practice. Mr. Rothmann's focus will be on the domestic small cap regional banks and Puerto Rican financial institutions. Prior to Howe Barnes, Mr. Rothmann published on the regional bank sector at several prominent firms including Wells Fargo and CS First Boston.

"In addition to the recent hire of James O'Brien earlier this month, the expansion of our FIG equity research staff underscores both our growth and ongoing commitment to the small cap financial services sector," stated Michael L. Perica, Director of Research at Brean Murray & Co., Inc.

Brean Murray, Carret & Co., (www.breanmurraycarret.com) is a full service institutional research, investment banking, brokerage and asset management firm with $3 billion in combined assets under management. The firm specializes in small-cap growth companies.