Morgan Keegan Expands Real Estate Investment Banking Group with Two Key Hires
February 16 2011 - 3:04PM
Business Wire
Morgan Keegan announced that Mark Decker and Mark Decker, Jr.
have joined the firm as managing directors in the firm’s Real
Estate Investment Banking group. Both gentlemen, formerly with
Robert W. Baird & Co., will be based in the firm’s
recently-opened office in Washington, D.C. Decker will serve as
co-head of the Real Estate Investment Banking group along with
current managing director Chris Kollme.
“Mark Decker is an established banker with invaluable
relationships throughout the REIT sector, and Mark Decker, Jr. is a
talented and well-respected banker in his own right,” said Rob
Baird, executive managing director and president of Morgan Keegan’s
Investment Banking division. “We’re pleased to have them joining
our firm as we look to expand our real estate practice.”
Decker has more than 25 years of experience in the REIT sector,
including 13 years as an investment banker and 12 years as
president of the National Association of Real Estate Investment
Trusts (NAREIT), the industry’s national trade association. He is a
past recipient of the prestigious NAREIT Industry Achievement
Award.
Decker, Jr. brings more than a decade of experience in real
estate corporate finance. A graduate of the College of William
& Mary, he co-founded the Real Estate Investment Banking group
at Baird in 2004 where he focused primarily on public and private
capital raising and various advisory assignments.
"We’re thrilled to become a part of Morgan Keegan's real estate
team,” said Decker, Jr. “With stellar institutional and retail
distribution, thoughtful research, Regions’ lending expertise, and
Morgan Keegan’s experience serving as trusted advisors to the
sector, I believe our firm is well poised for growth."
The addition of both experienced bankers strengthens a real
estate practice that already enjoys extensive coverage by Morgan
Keegan’s equity research group. The Real Estate Investment Banking
group provides a full range of advisory services and capital
raising alternatives for both public and private commercial real
estate companies. In addition, Regions Financial Corporation,
parent company of Morgan Keegan, has dedicated lending efforts in
the REIT sector.
“Morgan Keegan, along with our colleagues at Regions Bank, has
established itself as a full-service, integrated investment banking
firm within the real estate industry,” said Kollme. “These two key
hires are indicative of our commitment to further establishing
Morgan Keegan as a leader in the industry and serving the needs of
our public and private clients.”
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 19
states. Additional information about Morgan Keegan and Regions — a
member of the S&P 100 Index — can be found
at www.morgankeegan.com and www.regions.com.
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