NEW YORK, Oct. 8, 2008 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Rodman & Renshaw (Nasdaq:RODM) has announced that the company will participate and present at the EQUITIES MarketSite Conference in New York on October 10, 2008. The conference is designed to bring together emerging growth companies with fund managers, brokers, analysts, investment professionals, and sophisticated self-directed investors who closely follow and invest in growth-stage companies.
John J. Borer III, Rodman & Renshaw's senior managing director, will present the company's business model, recent developments, and future opportunities. A Q&A session will follow, and representatives from Rodman & Renshaw will be available to answer questions about the company.
Mr. Borer and the presenters will participate in NASDAQ's renowned closing bell ceremony, which will be broadcast live on Bloomberg TV, CNBC, and Reuters, as well as on NASDAQ's seven-story MarketSite Tower in Times Square.
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About John J. Borer III
John J. Borer III is a Senior Managing Director and Head of Investment Banking of Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, our broker-dealer affiliate, and a member of our Board of Directors. Mr. Borer joined Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, our broker-dealer affiliate in 1998 as a Senior Managing Director and president of Rodman & Renshaw, LLC. From 1991 through 1998, Mr. Borer was a managing director and head of investment banking at the broker-dealer affiliate of the original Rodman & Renshaw firm. From 1984 through 1991, Mr. Borer was senior vice president and investment manager in the new business development office of Security Pacific Business Credit Inc. From 1979 through 1984, he served as a vice president and business development officer with Barclays American Business Credit in its Los Angeles office. Mr. Borer received his B.S. in Agricultural Economics from the University of California at Davis in 1978 and his J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 1984.
About Rodman & Renshaw
Rodman & Renshaw is a full-service investment bank dedicated to providing investment banking services to companies that have significant recurring capital needs due to their growth and development strategies. We also provide research and sales and trading services to institutional investor clients that focus on such companies. Since 2003, Rodman has been a leading investment banking firm to the biotechnology sector, a capital intensive market segment, as well as a leader in the PIPE (private investment in public equity) and RD (registered direct placements) transaction markets.
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