New York, NY – June 22, 2016 – Aegis Capital Corp. is pleased to announce the establishment of a fixed Income Municipal Bond Division. This Division was recently with Hapoalim Securities.

The group is led by Anthony J Lauriello, who was Head of Municipal Institutional Sales and Trading at Hapoalim Securities for the past five years. Prior to that, Anthony spent 20 years with Oppenheimer/ CIBC and also worked at Stern Agee and KeyBanc. The team covers some of the largest fixed income money managers, insurance companies and mutual funds in the country. The group specializes in tax-exempt securities with a focus on credits in the Northeast, California and large issuers in the Midwest states as well as zero coupon bonds.

Rich Riccardi leads the Institutional Sales Team and was formerly with Hapoalim since 2010 as a Managing Director of Fixed Income Sales. Rich started his career with Oppenheimer in 1984.

Chris Prang has joined the firm as Senior Vice President of Trading. Chris spent the last 8 years on the Institutional Trading Desk at Hapoalim and prior to that was with Stern Agee.

Mike Pena formerly of Hapoalim for the past 4 years joins Aegis as a Trader within the unit.

Mike began his career at CIBC and has also worked with Stern Agee.

Kurt Von Der Linden formerly with Hapoalim for the past 4 years joins the sales team as Senior Vice President. Kurt started his career at Thomson Mckinnon Securities.

Erinmaura Condon joins the sales team as Senior Vice President and previously was with Blalcock Beal Van. She also spent 7 years with Hapoalim and started her career at Merrill Lynch.

Bill Cassese provides operational and trading support to the members of the desk. He spent the past 4 years with Hapoalim and started his career at Advest.

“We are excited about having our Municipal Institutional Desk established with such a seasoned team. Their track record and Blue-Chip customer base is an asset which contributes to the team’s success,” notes Robert J. Eide, CEO of Aegis Capital Corp.

“The Institutional Desk now allows Aegis to offer additional services to its customers and advisors with a group known for its excellence,” notes Phillip Michals, Head of Business Development at Aegis Capital Corp.

About Aegis- Aegis Capital has been in business for over 30 years and maintains a conflict free service platform catering to the needs of private clients, institutions and corporations. Aegis Capital Corp. was founded in 1984 by, the current CEO and Chairman. Aegis origins were based on servicing the specific needs of its customer base. Today, we have become a premiere full-service investment banking firm with 25 locations and employees stretching from Portland, Oregon to Rochester, NY. We have clients in all 50 states and overseas. Aegis has been able to bring quality service through its clearing relationships with RBC, COR and APEX.

For more information, contact:

Phil Michals

Head of Business Development

Phone: 1-800-380-4241

Email: pmichals@aegiscap.com