Brower Piven Encourages Investors Who Have Losses in Excess of $100,000 From Investment in FCStone Group, Inc. to Inquire About

BALTIMORE, MD (NASDAQ: FCSX) between November 15, 2007 and July 9, 2008, inclusive (the "Class Period").

No class has yet been certified in the above action. Members of the Class will be represented by the lead plaintiff and counsel chosen by the lead plaintiff. If you wish to choose counsel to represent you and the Class, you must apply to be appointed lead plaintiff no later than September 16, 2008 and be selected by the Court. The lead plaintiff will direct the litigation and participate in important decisions including whether to accept a settlement and how much of a settlement to accept for the Class in the action. The lead plaintiff will be selected from among applicants claiming the largest loss from investment in the Company during the Class Period. You may contact Brower Piven (through [e-mail] or 410/332-0030) to answer any questions you may have in that regard.

FCStone is an integrated commodity risk management company providing risk management consulting and transaction execution services to commercial commodity intermediaries, end users and producers. The complaint charges FCStone and certain of its officers and directors with violations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The complaint alleges that during the Class Period, defendants issued materially false and misleading statements regarding FCStone's business and financial results. As a result of defendants' false statements, FCStone stock traded at artificially inflated prices during the Class Period, reaching its Class Period high of $52.40 per share in January 2008.

If you have suffered a net loss for all transactions in FCStone common stock during the Class Period, you may obtain additional information about this lawsuit and your ability to become a lead plaintiff by contacting Brower Piven at www.browerpiven.com, by email at [e-mail], by calling 410-332-0030, or at Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation, The World Trade Center-Baltimore, 401 East Pratt Street, Suite 2525, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. Attorneys at Brower Piven have combined experience litigating securities and class action cases of over 40 years. If you choose to retain counsel, you may retain Brower Piven without financial obligation or cost to you, or you may retain other counsel of your choice. You need not take any action at this time to be a member of the class.

CONTACT: Charles J. Piven Brower Piven, A Professional Corporation Baltimore, Maryland 410/332-0030 Email Contact