Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> January 6, 2003
Henry J. Coffey Jr. has more than 15 years' experience as a
securities analyst and consultant to financial institutions.
Prior to joining Ferris, Baker Watts, Inc., he was a managing
director at Morgan Lewis Githens & Ahn, the founder of Trace
Advisor, a research firm focused on the needs of smaller public
banks and thrifts and private finance companies. Mr. Coffey was a
partner at JC Bradford & Co. for 12 years, as well as a senior
financial services analyst. Mr. Coffey has covered larger
regional banks, community-based banks and thrifts, niche-oriented
commercial and consumer finance companies, and, while at Morgan
Lewis, the prison management industry. During his years at JC
Bradford, he was involved in raising more than $1.5 billion in
capital for growth-oriented finance companies and regional banks.
Mr. Coffey received an MBA from Tulane University in 1986 and the
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation in 1991. Profile
Ferris Baker Watts?
Mr. Coffey: I moved to FBR in April. Our focus here is on banks
and thrifts in the mid-Atlantic market. Our
