Agah Joins Dain Rauscher Wessels as Financial Services Analyst

Business Wire,  March 14, 2001  

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MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 14, 2001

Dain Rauscher Wessels, a division of Dain Rauscher Incorporated, has hired Mark Agah as an equity research analyst. As part of the financial services research team, Agah will focus on West Coast financial services companies, with an emphasis on banks and thrifts.

Previously, Agah was a banks and thrifts research analyst at Sandler O'Neill Partners in Chicago. Agah holds a bachelor of engineering degree from Vanderbilt University and an MBA from Georgia State University.

"Financial services represents an important investment for DRW. We plan to make additional commitments to our financial services vertical and will continue to ramp research coverage throughout 2001," said John Adams, director of research at Dain Rauscher Wessels. "Mark brings solid market experience to DRW, adding significant strength to our research platform. We are excited to add him to our team."

Dain Rauscher Wessels, a division of Dain Rauscher Incorporated, includes equity research, equity trading, institutional equity sales and corporate finance. The division's 38 research analysts focus on five industries: consumer, energy, financial services, health care and technology. Currently, these analysts follow more than 450 companies. The division, which employs 425 people, has offices in Atlanta; Austin, Texas; Boston; Chicago; Dallas; Houston; Menlo Park, Calif.; Minneapolis; New York City; Paris, San Francisco; Seattle; and Tel Aviv, Israel.(a)

Dain Rauscher Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY), is one of the nation's largest full-service securities firms with 1,200 investment executives and 3,800 employees. The company's broker-dealer, Dain Rauscher Incorporated, serves individual investors and small business owners through offices located predominantly in the western half of the United States, and capital markets and correspondent clients in select U.S. and international markets. Founded in 1909, Dain Rauscher Incorporated is a member of the New York Stock Exchange and other major securities exchanges, as well as the Securities Investor Protection Corp. The company's headquarters are located at Dain Rauscher Plaza, 60 S. Sixth St., in Minneapolis.

(a) Strategic alliance with Tamir Fishman & Co.

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