Stifel Financial Expands Its Financial Institutions Group With Two Senior Investment Banking Professionals

ST. LOUIS, MO, Jun 29 (MARKET WIRE) --
Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) today announced the expansion of its
Financial Institutions Group ("FIG") with the addition of Jean-Luc Servat
and Eric M. Corrigan as Managing Directors in the firm's Investment
Banking Group. Mr. Servat is based in the San Francisco office dedicated
to West Coast depositories, and Mr. Corrigan is based in the firm's New
York office focusing on Southeast depositories.

"We are delighted to have both Jean-Luc and Eric join our firm. Each have
focused on the FIG sector for the entirety of their careers and bring
deep relationships and industry experience to our established FIG
investment banking practice. These hires reinforce our commitment to
selectively add professionals in areas of strategic importance to our
business," commented Victor Nesi, Co-Head of the Institutional Group of
Stifel Financial.

Rick Maples, Co-Head of Investment Banking and Head of the Financial
Institutions Group, added, "We continue to build our platform through
adding senior professionals who share in the philosophy of providing
solutions-oriented advice to our clients. I have known Jean-Luc and Eric
as professional colleagues and am confident that both will be outstanding
partners."

Mr. Servat brings over 30 years of industry experience and joins the firm
most recently from Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets, where he was a
Managing Director and Head of the U.S. FIG group since 2003. Prior to
RBC, Mr. Servat held several senior positions as Managing Director and
Head of West Coast FIG at Fox-Pitt Kelton; Head of West Coast FIG at
Alex. Brown; and Head of West Coast FIG, Head of the San Francisco
Office, and Head of Asia Pacific Investment Banking at Merrill Lynch. Mr.
Servat received his M.B.A. degree from Harvard Business School and
Bachelor's Degree from L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales in France.

Mr. Corrigan brings over 20 years of industry experience to the firm and
was most recently a Managing Director at Macquarie Capital, which
acquired his predecessor firm, Fox-Pitt Kelton. In addition, he has been
a Managing Director and Group Head of the Depository Institutions Group
at Banc of America Securities and held senior positions in the Depository
Institutions Group at Citigroup Global Markets. Mr. Corrigan graduated
with a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the Leeds School of Business
at the University of Colorado at Boulder Summa Cum Laude.

Company Information
Stifel Financial Corp. (NYSE: SF) is a financial
holding company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri that conducts its
banking, securities, and financial services business through several
wholly owned subsidiaries. Stifel clients are primarily served in the
U.S. through 314 offices in 44 states, and the District of Columbia
through Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated and Thomas Weisel
Partners LLC, and in Canada through Stifel Nicolaus Canada Inc. Clients
in the United Kingdom and Europe are served through offices of Stifel
Nicolaus Limited and Stifel Nicolaus Europe Limited (formerly Thomas
Weisel Partners International Limited). Each of the broker-dealer
affiliates provides securities brokerage, investment banking, trading,
investment advisory, and related financial services to individual
investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities.
Stifel Bank & Trust offers a full range of consumer and commercial
lending solutions. To learn more about Stifel, please visit the company's
web site at www.stifel.com.

Investor Relations Contact
Sarah Anderson
(415) 364-2500
investorrelations@stifel.com

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