B Riley Research has earned #1 ranking from Integrity Research Associates for our Buy and Sell recommendations over the three years ending December 31, 2011, generating a 238% return to investors. Our analysts far outperformed the closest three competitors whose returns were listed at 151%, 139% and 83%.
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Companies covered by our top ranked research analysts will be appearing at our 13th Annual Investor Conference, scheduled for May 21-23, 2012 on the beach in Santa Monica. Shaping up to be our largest ever, the conference will feature nearly 200 presenting companies in an expanded 3-day format. New to 2012 is a Discovery Day which will be dedicated to prospecting for emerging opportunities.
The 1,000-plus anticipated attendees will hear from companies in Technology, Telecom, Software & Services, Financials, Internet, Media, & Entertainment, Consumer, Semiconductors, Automotive & Power Sports, Special Situations, and Aerospace & Defense.
Guests will be treated to our 3rd Annual “Big Fighters, Big Cause Charity Fight Night” with legendary boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard. In addition to boxing under the stars, we’ll be honoring veterans through our support of The Wounded Warrior Project.
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The growth of our investor conference is an affirmation of B. Riley’s commitment to the small and mid-cap space. In 2011 alone, we significantly increased the number of seasoned professionals in our research, sales and trading departments. This added investment has come at a time when other Investment Banks have abandoned the space entirely. Since January 1, three well-respected firms announced that they will cease operations; leaving many companies without research coverage. We stand ready to fill that need for both companies and our institutional investor clients.
News From Corporate Finance
B. Riley’s Managing Director Paul Donnelly and Senior Vice President Adam Little led the banking team for Irvine, California-based GeoMicro, a provider of geographic information systems. It was an all cash transaction.
B. Riley has arranged a $25 million debt and equity facility for Prestige Corporation, with funding through St. Cloud Capital. The $25 million of capital is a combination of subordinated debt and preferred equity securities. The facility will be used by Prestige Corporation to purchase stock of certain shareholders and fund its expansion in strategic markets, as well as future organic growth initiatives.
B. Riley’s President John Ahn and Managing Director Ryan Bernath led the banking team for this transaction.
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Saehan Bancorp (OTCBB:SAEB) announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hana Financial Group, based in Seoul, South Korea, for the sale of newly issued shares of common stock and a 51 percent ownership position on a fully diluted basis upon its proposed completion.
B. Riley & Co. is acting as the advisor in this transaction. Click here for more information about this transaction. >
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02/21/2012
Weekly Management Call:
Autobytel Inc. (ABTL)
02/23/2012
B. Riley & Co. Footwear Tour: K-Swiss (KSWS) & Skechers (SKX)
Los Angeles, CA
02/28/2012
Roadshow: Globe Specialty Metals (GSM)
Chicago, IL
02/28/2012
Analyst Meeting:
Jack in the Box (JACK) Investor Day
San Diego, CA
02/28/2012
Roadshow: Opnet Technologies (OPNT)
Portland, OR
02/29/2012
Roadshow: API Technologies (ATNY)
Boston, MA
02/29/2012
Roadshow: Globe Specialty Metals (GSM)
Boston, MA
02/29/2012
Roadshow: Stamps.com (STMP)
San Francisco, CA
03/01/2012
Roadshow: Stamps.com (STMP)
Portland, OR
03/06/2012
Dinner with B. Riley: Shedding Light on the Optical Space
Los Angeles, CA
03/06/2012
Weekly Management Call:
Inventure Foods (SNAK)
03/16/2012
Analyst Marketing:
Eric Wold
Los Angeles, CA
03/20/2012
Dinner with Accelrys, Inc. (ACCL)
New York, NY
03/21/2012
Roadshow: Accelrys (ACCL)
New York, NY
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B. Riley Continues to Lead in Investars League Tables and Introducing our 13th Annual Investor Conference: It’s good to start the year with high accolades. Once again, B. Riley Research continues to lead in the Investars Research League Tables, with our returns on Buy recommendations ranking us #1 in the Regional category at 71.24% for the 4-year period (1/02/2008-12/31/2011), outperforming by more than double the best of the Fundamental & Bulge Bracket firms.
Continue Reading >B. Riley & Co., LLC (B. Riley) www.brileyco.com, a full service securities broker dealer providing research, sales and trading, and investment banking services, announced that it has acted as the sole underwriter in the successful completion of a $13.8 million common stock offering for BofI Holding, Inc. (NASDAQ:BOFI)
Continue Reading >This month, we acted as exclusive financial advisor to Kratos (Nasdaq: KTOS) in its $17.5 Million Acquisition of SecureInfo, in addition to a few other engagements; from Research, we initiated research coverage of the media & entertainment industry and our Research tops the 3-year performance table by Investars. Three new hires join the 12 senior hires we added back in October.
Continue Reading >B. Riley is pleased to report the hiring of 12 professionals in Institutional Sales and Equity Research, significantly ramping up our presence in both the Bay Area and New York City; Senior Research Analyst Laura McGuigan, CFA, has launched coverage of the life sciences & diagnostics sector with the initiation and “Buy” Rating on three stocks: Genomic Health, Inc. (NASDAQ: GHDX), Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) and Vermillion, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRML); B. Riley’s first annual Defense & Cybersecurity Conference, held September 20 in Santa Monica, drew a standing room only audience of institutional investors, global defense company representatives and industry experts.
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