Piper Jaffray Expands Fixed Income Sales Platform to Nashville

Piper Jaffray Expands Fixed Income Sales Platform to Nashville



NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 6  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- As part of its nation-wide
expansion, Minneapolis-based Piper Jaffray & Co. opened a fixed-income
securities sales office in Nashville.  This expansion brings the firm's total
number of fixed-income sales offices to 15, including Minneapolis, New York,
San Francisco, Kansas City, Des Moines, Spokane, Las Vegas, Milwaukee, Seattle,
Chicago, Cleveland, Lincoln, Denver and Portland.

Leading the office are vice-presidents investments Kevin Heffernan and Kirk
Manz.  As part of the firm's Financial Institutions Group, they will be
responsible for providing fixed-income investment solutions to financial
institutions located predominately in the Southeast.  Heffernan and Manz most
recently worked at Stephens, Inc., in Nashville, where they were responsible
for institutional fixed-income sales.  Heffernan received his bachelor's degree
from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville.  Manz received his bachelor's
degree from Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

"Nashville expands our geographic coverage so that we are better situated to
work with institutions in the Southeast," said Jim Roddy, head of Fixed Income
Sales at Piper Jaffray.  "We are pleased to begin the office with individuals
of the quality and caliber of Kevin and Kirk.  We look forward to adding more
salespeople in Nashville in the future and believe this will help us better
serve our clients located in the region."

Headquartered in Minneapolis, Piper Jaffray & Co., a subsidiary of Piper
Jaffray Companies (NYSE:PJC), is a focused securities firm dedicated to
delivering superior financial advice, investment products and transaction
execution within selected sectors of the financial services marketplace.  The
company operates through two primary revenue-generating segments -- Capital
Markets and Private Client Services.  Investment Research, an independent group
reporting to the CEO, supports clients of both segments.  The firm serves
corporations, government and non-profit entities, and institutional investors
on a national basis and serves the financial advisory needs of private
individuals predominantly across the western half of the United States.  The
firm has approximately 3,000 employees in 111 offices in 23 states across the
country and in London, England.  For more information about Piper Jaffray,
visit us online at http://www.piperjaffray.com/ .

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