FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS & REAL ESTATE (FIRE) GROUP

Wedbush Financial Institutions & Real Estate (FIRE) group is one of the most experienced practicing on Wall Street. Led by Burke Dempsey, a
longtime senior FIRE banker, senior members of the group each have 25-40+ years of experience focusing solely on financial services companies.
FIRE’s knowledge of multiple financial business models and their interplay within the economic cycle, allows them to provide valuable
perspectives to investor or issuer clients.

FIRE’s long-standing reputation and trusted relationships in the financial community provide Wedbush’s clients with global access to industry
thought leaders, who can refine and help shape a client’s objectives. The FIRE team has been involved in numerous watershed financing and
M&A transactions, particularly involving companies with rapid growth attributes and disrupting technologies.

Our FIRE franchise includes equity research analysts covering 70+ public companies in the following sectors:

Our Financial Institutions & Real Estate professionals have industry-wide corporate relationships, deep sector expertise, broad venture and private equity relationships and proven capital raising and advisory transaction experience in the financial sector.