Year Established
1969; subsidiary of Regions Financial since 2001
Senior Management
John C. Carson Jr., Chief Executive Officer
R. Patrick Kruczek, President and Chief Operating Officer
Richard S. Ferguson, President, Private Client Group
Edward Carl Krausnick, Jr., President, Equity Capital Markets
Robert A. Baird, President, Fixed Income Investment Banking
Allen B. Morgan Jr., Chairman Emeritus
Headquarters
Memphis, Tennessee
Branch Offices
Over 300 in the Mid-Atlantic United States, Southern United States, Midwest United States and Texas
Full-Time Employees
Over 4,100
Financial Advisors
Over 1,200
Research Analysts
24 senior analysts covering over 300 companies in 9 industry sectors
Equity Capital
$929 million as of December 31, 2009
Financial Information
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Memberships
New York Stock Exchange, Securities Investors Protection Corporation (SIPC), Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA), Securities Industry Association, Chicago Board Options Exchange
About Morgan Keegan
Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc., is one of the nation's largest regional full-service brokerage and investment banking firms. Through over 300 offices in 19 states, the firm serves the diverse financial needs of individual investors, corporate and institutional clients throughout the U.S. and abroad. The Equity Capital Markets division provides research, trading and investment banking services such as corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions and private equity funding. The Fixed Income Capital Markets division is nationally recognized for its expertise in bond trading, research and underwriting. The Private Client Group division offers comprehensive wealth management services including expertise in estate and financial planning.
Affiliated Companies
Regions Morgan Keegan Trust
Morgan Asset Management
Interstate Group
Athletic Resource Management
Shattuck Hammond Partners
Revolution Partners
Burke Capital Group
Albrecht & Associates (Albrecht & Associates is a Regions Financial affiliate and a wholly-owned subsidiary of MK Holdings, Inc.)
About Regions Financial Corporation
Regions Financial Corporation, with $142 billion in assets, is a member of the S&P 100 Index and one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, trust, securities brokerage, mortgage and insurance products and services. Regions serves customers in 16 states across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates approximately 1,900 banking offices and approximately 2,300 ATMs. Its investment and securities brokerage trust and asset management division, Morgan Keegan & Company Inc., provides services from over 300 offices. Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.
Corporate Awards
Morgan Keegan was one of the largest lead underwriters in the country in 2009. The firm served as book-running manager on 478 issues equating to a par value of $10 billion, earning an ranking of 8th, according to Thomson Financial.
Morgan Keegan finished 2009 as the leading underwriter of long-term municipal bonds in the South Central United States (a region that includes Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee). Morgan Keegan has earned the top ranking in the region for 17 consecutive years.
The firm was among the nation's 12 largest underwriters of Build America Bonds in 2009 with $13 billion in par amount underwritten.
Morgan Keegan's Focus List had the highest returns among the recommended stock lists of 13 leading national and regional brokerage firms with a 28.5% return for the five years ended December 31, 2009, according to Zacks Investment Research, Inc. This is the third consecutive time that Morgan Keegan’s Focus List has ranked #1 for the five-year period. In an article published January 30, 2010, in Barron's titled “How the Brokers Stack Up,” Zacks reported the 28.5% return posted by Morgan Keegan's Focus List substantially outperformed the recommended lists of Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Edward Jones, Raymond James and Wells Fargo, as well as the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite, for the five-year period.
Five Morgan Keegan analysts were among the top-ranked stock pickers and earnings estimators in the nation in the Financial Times/Starmine 2009 Global Analyst Awards announced May 15, 2009. Bob Derrington (restaurants) and John Lawrence (specialty retail) were ranked No. 1 for stock picking in their respective industry, while Tavis McCourt (communications equipment) and Michael Drickamer (energy equipment & services) were ranked No. 1 for earnings estimator in their industry sector. Also recognized as the No. 2 earnings estimator for his industry sector was Brent Rakers (trading companies & distributors). This makes the seventh consecutive year that Morgan Keegan equity research analysts finished among the top 3 in their respective industries in the annual StarMine rankings and the third year in a row that as many as five of the firm's analysts were honored.
Harsh Kumar, a managing director with Morgan Keegan, appeared for the first time in 2008 on The Wall Street Journal Best on the Street survey for his coverage of the semiconductors industry. Award-winning analysts in The Best on the Street survey were ranked solely on their stock-picking skill. Morgan Keegan’s equity analysts have been recognized in this survey 14 out of the 16 years it has been published.
