HOUSTON, May 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dennard Rupp Gray & Lascar, LLC (DRG&L), a leading provider of advanced investor relations counsel and innovative analytical services for public and private companies, today announced that it has formed a strategic partnership with the Corporate Access team at Knight Capital Group, Inc. Under this strategic partnership, Knight will provide DRG&L's clients enhanced access to institutional investors and exceptional logistics on non-deal roadshows and events throughout the U.S., Europe and Asia.
Ken Dennard, co-founder and managing partner of DRG&L, stated, "We are very pleased to announce this unprecedented strategic relationship with Knight Capital, a leader in trading liquidity and Corporate Access services. For over a decade, DRG&L has been pioneering the next generation of best practices in investor relations services from the traditional agency model to a more transparent and compliance-based model created by the combination of proactive investor relations consulting and superior analytical services. While we have been marketing our clients to Wall Street since 1997, this new partnership with Knight's Corporate Access team will greatly enhance our clients' visibility on Wall Street while at the same time helping each lower costs associated with being a public company."
Charles Moreau, Knight's Co-Head of Corporate Access, added, "We are very excited to work more closely with DRG&L, a firm with a highly credible reputation in the IR counsel industry. With this partnership, we will provide DRG&L's clients access to our 2000-plus institutional account relationships globally, sophisticated investor targeting analytics, stock trading updates and market color. Our wide account reach allows Knight to offer a highly customizable approach to investor marketing and an opportunity to introduce new names to a public company's story. Through a combination of global strategic investor introductions, thought leadership initiatives, market insight and value-added events, Knight can help strengthen and diversify a company's investor base."
About Knight Capital Group
Knight Capital Group is a global financial services firm that provides access to the capital markets across multiple asset classes to a broad network of clients, including broker-dealers, institutions and corporations. Knight is headquartered in Jersey City, N.J. with a global presence across the Americas, Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions. For more information about Knight's Corporate Access services, contact Charles Moreau, [email protected], or Deena Sullivan, [email protected], at 201-222-9400
About DRG&L
Dennard Rupp Gray & Lascar, LLC, headquartered in Houston with offices in Chicago and San Antonio, provides a full range of investor relations and analytical services, financial media communications services and strategic counsel to enhance the visibility, transparency and credibility of its clients within the investment and business communities.
DRG&L expanded its traditional IR Counsel® ten years ago by introducing InsideOutlook® and IR+®, ground-breaking services staffed by experienced former sell-side research analysts. InsideOutlook provides public companies unprecedented 24/7 access to experienced analysts who assist clients in developing enhanced public disclosures that increase operational and financial transparency, build management credibility, and help clients effectively communicate the correct message to the investment community. IR+ provides clients with a first-hand perspective on the way professional investors think and work. DRG&L analysts offer both ongoing and project-specific strategic consulting services. They also prepare quarterly packages featuring valuation, peer group activity, trading and institutional ownership data for internal use by management and their board of directors; along with a fact sheet written specifically for professional investors that is a valuable external tool for institutional investor marketing programs.
Founded in 1997, DRG&L currently represents over 30 public companies totaling over $43 billion in cumulative revenues, over $30 billion in cumulative market capitalization, over $350 million in average daily trading volume and an aggregate workforce of over 100,000 employees. For more information regarding DRG&L clients or its services, visit the website at http://www.DRG-L.com or call 713-529-6600.
IR Counsel, IR+ and InsideOutlook are ® registered trademarks of Dennard Rupp Gray & Lascar, LLC in the United States
Contacts: DRG&L / 713-529-6600
Ken Dennard / [email protected]
Steve Gray / [email protected]
Jack Lascar / [email protected]
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