MEMPHIS, Tenn. (March 23, 2007) — Robert Mains, CFA, has joined Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. as a senior equity research analyst covering the healthcare services industry for the firm’s Equity Capital Markets Group. Mains will be based in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Prior to joining Morgan Keegan, Mains was a senior research analyst with Ryan Beck. Prior to that, he was a senior analyst and director of research for The Advest Group and a research analyst with First Albany Capital. Mains is a chartered financial analyst and has been ranked in the Wall Street Journal Best on the Street Analyst Survey four times. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in applied math from Yale University in 1980 and his MBA in finance from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1990.
“The healthcare services industry provides attractive investment opportunities as America grapples with the competing mandates of quality improvement and cost containment,” says Mains. “Given our firm’s presence in Tennessee, the center of the for-profit healthcare sector, I believe Morgan Keegan is going to become a major player in healthcare, an industry that represents one-sixth of the U.S. economy. I’m excited by the opportunity to be part of this effort.”
“We are pleased to once again provide research coverage of the healthcare services industry,” says Elkan Scheidt, Director of Equity Research for Morgan Keegan. “Robert’s experience and knowledge will further strengthen our overall research product and provide our clients new investment opportunities in a very dynamic business sector.”
Morgan Keegan’s Equity Capital Markets Group encompasses sales, trading, research and investment banking operations. The group has over 300 employees including sales people, traders, analysts and investment bankers working from institutional offices in Memphis, New York, Boston, Atlanta, Nashville and Houston.
About Morgan Keegan & Company Inc.
Morgan Keegan & Company Inc., one of the nation’s largest regional full-service brokerage and investment banking firms, is the securities brokerage arm of Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE: RF). Headquartered in Memphis, Tenn., Morgan Keegan has over 400 offices. Additional information about Morgan Keegan can be found here, and additional information about Regions – a member of the S&P 100 index – can be found at www.regions.com.
Contact:
Eric Bran
Morgan Keegan & Company
901/524.4114
eric.bran@morgankeegan.com
