FBR Capital Markets Announces Promotions within Its Institutional Brokerage

Members of the Firm's Sales and Sales Trading Teams Promoted to Managing Director

ARLINGTON, Va., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- FBR Capital Markets Corporation (NASDAQ: FBCM) (FBR Capital Markets), a leading investment bank serving the middle market, announced today the promotion of five members of its Institutional Sales and Sales Trading teams to Managing Director. Those promoted include:

• Timothy Lilly - Managing Director and Head of Institutional Sales in Arlington
• Michael Derby - Managing Director, Sales Trading, New York
• Mance Edmondson - Managing Director, Sales Trading, Arlington
• Kevin McKenna - Managing Director, Sales Trading, New York
• Craig Warwick - Managing Director, Sales Trading, New York

"We have an exceptional team of brokerage professionals at FBR Capital Markets and congratulate these individuals for their outstanding performance and dedication to client service," said Richard J. Hendrix, President and CEO. "Their expertise and experience is a testament to the strength and breadth of our global brokerage platform and the 1900 institutional investors we serve."

Mr. Lilly has been a member of FBR Capital Markets' Sales team since 2003. As head of the firm's Sales team in Arlington, he is responsible for the team's overall sales strategy and is a principal broker. Mr. Lilly holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond.

Mr. Derby, with 15 years of Wall Street experience, joined FBR Capital Markets in 2008. He was previously a Managing Director on Bear Stearns' Sales Trading team and earlier in his career held positions in institutional sales and trading at Merrill Lynch and Kadem Capital, LLC. Mr. Derby holds a Bachelor of Science in marketing from Providence College.

Mr. Edmondson has been a member of FBR Capital Markets' Sales Trading team since 2000. He received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from East Carolina University.

Mr. McKenna has more than 13 years of sales trading experience. Having begun his career as a sales trader at Credit Suisse First Boston, he joined FBR Capital Markets in 2003. Mr. McKenna received a Bachelor of Science in finance from Manhattan College.

Mr. Warwick, a 15-year veteran of the financial services industry, joined FBR Capital Markets in 2002. Prior to FBR Capital Markets he was a sales trader for ABN Amro, and earlier in his career, he was a member of Morgan Stanley's Equity Sales team. Mr. Warwick holds a Bachelor of Arts in government from St. Lawrence University.

FBR Capital Markets Corporation (NASDAQ: FBCM) provides investment banking, merger and acquisition advisory, institutional brokerage and research services through its subsidiary FBR Capital Markets & Co. FBR Capital Markets focuses capital and financial expertise on seven industry sectors: consumer; diversified industrials; energy & natural resources; financial institutions; insurance; real estate; and technology, media & telecom. Asset management services are provided by FBR Investment Management, Inc., and mutual funds are provided by FBR Fund Advisers, Inc.; both companies are subsidiaries of FBR Capital Markets Corporation. FBR Capital Markets is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with offices throughout the United States and in London. For more information, please visit www.fbrcapitalmarkets.com.