Broadpoint Capital Expands Debt Capital Markets Division

Brian Zucker Named Managing Director
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Broadpoint Capital, Inc., a broker-dealer subsidiary of Broadpoint Securities
Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPSG), today announced that Brian Zucker has joined the
firm as a Managing Director in the Debt Capital Markets division.

Brian Zucker joins Broadpoint with 14 years of experience trading high yield
/distressed securities, most recently at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. where he
was head of high yield cash trading. Prior to Deutsche Bank, he was a Vice
President of high yield trading at Goldman Sachs from 2002 until 2005. Prior to
Goldman Sachs, Brian was an associate high yield and corporate bond trader at
BancBoston Securities, Inc. and Lehman Brothers, respectively. Brian earned his
B.A. degree in economics from Emory University and an MBA in finance from the
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business.

"We are excited to have a professional with Brian`s track record of success join
our firm and complement our growing debt capital markets franchise," said Lee
Fensterstock, Chief Executive Officer.

"Brian`s trading skills as well as his strong customer relationships make him a
great fit for us," said Joe Mannello, head of Debt Capital Markets

About the Company

Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPSG) is an independent investment
bank that provides corporations and institutional investors with strategic,
research-based investment opportunities, capital raising, and financial advisory
services, including merger and acquisition, restructuring, recapitalization and
strategic alternative analysis services. The Company offers a diverse range of
products through the Debt Capital Markets, Investment Banking and Broadpoint
DESCAP divisions of Broadpoint Capital, Inc., its Equity Capital Markets
subsidiary, Broadpoint AmTech, and FA Technology Ventures Inc., its venture
capital subsidiary. For more information, please visit www.bpsg.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains "forward-looking statements." These statements are
not historical facts but instead represent the Company's belief regarding future
events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of
the Company's control. The Company's forward-looking statements are subject to
various risks and uncertainties, including the conditions of the securities
markets, generally, and acceptance of the Company's services within those
markets and other risks and factors identified from time to time in the
Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is possible
that the Company's actual results and financial condition may differ, possibly
materially, from the anticipated results and financial condition indicated in
its forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any
of its forward-looking statements.

Investors:
Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc.
Robert Turner, 212-273-7109
Chief Financial Officer
or
Media:
Halldin Public Relations
Ray Young, 916-781-0659
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