WJB Capital Group Expands its Strategy Platform and Sales Force With the Hiring of...

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WJB Capital Group Expands its Strategy Platform and Sales Force With the
Hiring of Two Former Natixis Bleichroeder Managing Directors

NEW YORK, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- WJB Capital Group, Inc. (WJB) is pleased to
announce the hiring of John Roque (Managing Director, Chief Technical
Strategist) and William D. Weber (Director, Institutional Sales).  Both Mr.
Roque and Mr. Weber will join WJB effective Tuesday, May 26, 2009.

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WJB's newly formed Technical Strategy Group will be led by John Roque who
comes to WJB from Natixis Bleichroeder where he headed their technical
analysis team for 11 years.  Prior to Natixis, John held Technical Analyst
positions at Bank of America and Lehman Brothers.
 
Mr. Roque's work has received wide recognition throughout the industry.  He
achieved the ranking of runner-up for Technical Analysis on the Institutional
Investor 2006 All America Research Team, increased his ranking to third-place
on the Institutional Investor 2007 All-American Research Team and in 2008 was
a runner-up in the II All America Research poll.  John is a frequent guest on
CNBC, Bloomberg TV and other programs and is a former contributor to
TheStreet.com.  
 
Bill Weber joins WJB as a Director in the Institutional Equity Sales group.
Bill has spent the last 12 years at Natixis Bleichroeder in Research Sales,
developing a reputation as an "idea salesman" working side by side with Mr.
Roque and also specializing in healthcare equity sales. Prior to Natixis, he
was an Equity Analyst at a New York based hedge fund, Bentley Capital
Management.
 
According to Craig Rothfeld, WJB's Executive Director, "as we continue to
build our best-in-class strategy group, we are committed to providing our
customers the premier strategists and analysts in their respective areas of
expertise.  John Roque represents what we believe to be one of the best
Technical Analysts and Strategists on Wall Street and we are honored to have
John join WJB.  We are thrilled with the opportunity to add this caliber of
talent and professionalism to our firm. John's well regarded technical
analysis work is the perfect complement to our top rated strategy group which
focuses on Macro & Credit Strategy as well as proprietary Derivatives
Strategy.  Additionally, Bill Weber's well regarded institutional sales
capabilities will provide enhanced value to all our customers."

About WJB Capital Group 
WJB Capital Group, Inc. is a privately held broker-dealer and a Member of the
NYSE, FINRA, SIPC and other principal exchanges.  Founded in 1993, WJB offers
an extensive suite of global trading and execution services; agency equity and
derivative executions, a dedicated corporate access team, macro, technical and
derivative strategy, and comprehensive commission management solutions.  WJB
operates its own live trading desks on all major U.S. equity and option
exchanges as well as in the global market centers of Australia, Asia, Europe,
North America, South America, and South Africa.
 
For further information please visit our website at www.wjbcapital.com or
contact Christopher M. Calabrese, Managing Director - Business Development at
(646) 344-4317 or via e-mail at info@wjbcap.com.


SOURCE  WJB Capital Group, Inc.

Christopher M. Calabrese, Managing Director - Business Development, WJB
Capital Group, Inc., +1-646-344-4317, info@wjbcap.com
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