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With this year's successful conference completed, it is not too early to save the date for D.A. Davidson & Co.'s 19th Annual Financial Services Conference, planned for May 2017.

From Boingo Wireless to Zayo Group Holding, a wide variety of companies are scheduled to participate in D.A. Davidson & Co.’s upcoming technology event.The 8th Annual Technology Forum is scheduled for June 1 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. A must-attend event for tech investors, the event will feature presentations from more than 30 publicly owned companies in technology and tech-related sectors.

Sterling Construction Company, Inc., has announced the closing of a common stock offering, and D.A. Davidson & Co. is managing the offering.Sterling (Nasdaq GS:STRL) on Thursday announced the completion of the offering of 4,500,000 shares of common stock announced earlier and 675,000 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments pursuant to an option that was exercised by the underwriter prior to closing. The offering resulted in net proceeds to the Company of approximately $19 million.Ful...

D.A. Davidson & Co. is pleased to announce that Jason Lippenberger, Vice President, Investment Banking, has been named one of the top young professionals in the sporting goods business by an industry publication.SGB, part of SportsOneSource, today announced that it has named Lippenberger as one its 40 Under 40 Awards honorees. This year’s class includes professionals from all corners of the active lifestyle industry who are recognized as leaders who are making a difference in their spe...

New data released today by D.A. Davidson & Co.’s Individual Investor Group suggests that financial advisors are more focused on attracting Baby Boomer clients than any other generation. The survey of more than 100 financial advisors revealed that 59 percent of respondents are most focused on attracting Baby Boomers (age 52 – 70) as future clients. More than half (53 percent) of these respondents believe that Baby Boomers are the most attractive generation because of the advice ne...

Firm Broadens FIG Practice with Expansion Into the East CoastD.A. Davidson & Co., a full-service national investment banking firm, announced today that it has hired a team of veteran investment bankers to expand its Financial Institutions Group (FIG) practice into the East Coast. The team will be responsible for leading and expanding the firm’s FIG footprint in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions and advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, capital market transactions and other...

Have you heard? Congress recently passed a bill that would name the North American bison the first national mammal of the United States.Now the measure is awaiting President Obama's signature to become law.The bill pronounces the bison as a "historical symbol of the United States" and says that it is "integrally linked with the economic and spiritual lives of many Indian tribes through trade and sacred ceremonies."We could not agree more. Not only does the bison adorn two...

Giving, community service, volunteerism―these aren’t one-and-done events at the Kalispell office of D.A. Davidson. They happen every month of the year. The way branch manager Chris Barone and his team see it, giving isn’t a matter of convenience; there’s always a cause that needs support. “We were brainstorming one day and we decided to focus on something different every month.” And so was born, 12 Months of Giving; the beneficiaries of which include the Kalispell ...

D.A. Davidson & Co., a full-service investment firm with a nationwide investment banking practice, today announced  that Tom Hayes has been named a winner of The M&A Advisor 7th Annual Emerging Leaders Awards in the Dealmaker category.Hayes, a Director in Investment Banking, earned the award based on his achievements as an investment banking professional who has reached a significant level of success and made notable contributions to both his industry and community.  We ar...

A new Department of Labor fiduciary rule governing the securities industry casts an unfavorable light on some existing relationships between investors and broker-dealers, says Andrew Crowell, Vice Chairman of D.A. Davidson & Co.'s Individual Investor Group.Crowell has studied the new rule extensively, and writes in Financial Planning magazine that he believes its writers have created unintended consequences that harm both investors and brokerage firms that only follow what is called a su...