Henry J. Coffey Joins Sterne Agee

Birmingham, AL, (July 15, 2008) –Henry J. Coffey, Jr.  has joined Sterne Agee’s Equity Research Financial Institutions Group (FIG). 

Coffey is a specialty finance analyst that will cover specialty finance and RIC/BDCs. 

Prior to joining Sterne Agee, Coffey was Senior Executive Vice President and Senior Analyst at Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc. Before that, he was Managing Director of Equity Research at Morgan Lewis Githens and Ahn, Inc. (now Morgan Josephs).  Coffey was a Founding Member of TradeAdvisors, LLC and has also worked at J.C Bradford & Co. and Howard Weil. 

Coffey received a MBA at Tulane University. He is a CFA and holds his Series 7. 

Founded in 1901, Sterne Agee is one of the oldest and largest privately-owned brokerage firms in the country. A member of the New York Stock Exchange, Sterne Agee has headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama, and offices in 23 states. For more information, visit www.sterneagee.com.

For more information contact:

Leah McKinney

Senior Vice President

205.949.3564

lmckinney@sterneagee.com