MEMPHIS, Tenn. (March 14, 2011) — Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. has announced that veteran financial executive Todd Mackler has joined the firm as a senior vice president and branch manager of its Fort Lauderdale office. Formerly with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Mackler will also oversee the firm’s satellite office in Coral Springs.
"Todd has a strong track record as a manager and recruiter of top talent in South Florida," said Dick Ferguson, executive managing director and president of Morgan Keegan’s Private Client Group. "Morgan Keegan has experienced tremendous growth in South Florida and we are thrilled to have Todd join us as we increase our presence in Fort Lauderdale."
Prior to joining Morgan Keegan, Mackler, 44, was a complex business development officer with Morgan Stanley Smith Barney in Syracuse, New York. Before that he was the Orlando-Windermere-Melbourne branch manager for Citigroup/Smith Barney. Mackler began his career as a financial advisor in 1998 with Citigroup/Smith Barney in West Palm Beach after 10 years in the automotive industry. A graduate of Florida Atlantic University, Mackler is a former vice-chairman of the Melbourne Palm Bay Chamber of Commerce and is co-founder of the Viera Area Business Council.
"I am very excited to have joined Morgan Keegan and I look forward to sharing the story of our great culture and history with advisors in the Fort Lauderdale and Coral Springs markets," says Mackler. "This is an exciting time to become part of a great regional firm and I hope to help others join as well."
Morgan Keegan’s Private Client Group serves the diverse financial needs of individual investors and corporate and institutional clients through more than 300 offices from Texas to Virginia, and from the Midwest to the Southeast, including over 40 offices in Florida. Morgan Keegan is the 9th leading underwriter of municipal bonds in the nation and the leading underwriter of long-term municipal bonds in the Southeastern United States (a 10-state region that includes Florida), according to Thomson Reuters. The firm’s award-winning equity research analysts have been recognized among the nation’s most talented by The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times. Morgan Keegan also provides comprehensive investment banking services to middle-market companies, private equity firms and venture capital funds throughout the U.S.
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 serves individual and institutional investors in over 300 offices in 20 states. Additional information about Morgan Keegan and Regions — a member of the S&P 100 Index — can be found here and at www.regions.com.
Contact:
Gail Rimer
First Vice President
Morgan Keegan & Co.
901.524.4183
