D.A. Davidson & Co. today announced growth in its fixed income group with the addition of key public finance professionals. Kyle Thomas, Senior Vice President, Public Finance Banker, and Matt Dempsey, Public Finance Analyst, have joined the firm in its Denver office.
“I’m pleased to add Kyle and Matt to our Denver public finance team as we continue to our focus on serving more clients across Colorado and the region,” said Marc Dispense, President of Fixed Income Capital Markets. “We have a long history of serving as a trusted advisor in the fixed income market in Colorado and we believe these gentlemen are the right additions, with strong expertise and deep relationships, to help uphold that tradition.”
Thomas will continue to provide banking services across Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. He joins the firm from George K. Baum & Company, where he was lead banker for more than 25 transactions in the past two years and worked with a variety of issuers and local governments. He holds an MBA and master’s degree in strategic management from Indiana University and a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University.
Dempsey has extensive experience in debt structuring and issuance and financial modeling. He has worked with a wide variety of governments, schools, development agencies, nonprofit organizations and public-private partnerships. Before joining D.A. Davidson, he was a member of the Colorado public finance team at George K. Baum and previously was a municipal advisor with Public Financial Management in Virginia. He served as a logistician in the U.S. Marine Corps, holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Virginia and has earned the Chartered Financial Analyst professional designation.
D.A. Davidson & Co.’s Fixed Income Capital Markets group is a national leader in raising capital through fixed income banking, distribution and depository strategy. With 28 locations in 17 states, the group serves clients including banks, credit unions, insurance companies, bond managers, money managers and trust companies.
About D.A. Davidson Companies
D.A. Davidson Companies is an employee-owned financial services firm offering a range of financial services and advice to individuals, corporations, institutions and municipalities nationwide. Founded in 1935 and headquartered in Montana, with corporate offices in Denver, Los Angeles, Portland and Seattle, the company has approximately 1,400 employees and offices in 25 states.
Subsidiaries include: D.A. Davidson & Co., the largest full-service investment firm headquartered in the Northwest, providing wealth management, investment banking, equity and fixed income capital markets services, and advice; Davidson Investment Advisors, a professional asset management firm; D.A. Davidson Trust Company, a trust and wealth management company; and Davidson Fixed Income Management, a registered investment adviser providing fixed income portfolio and advisory services.
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