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July 28, 2010 – Press Release
Blaylock Robert Van Launches Trading Platform Using Fidessa
Oakland, CA, July 28, 2010 -- Blaylock Robert Van LLC, (BRV), a leading minority-owned investment bank and financial services company, announced today the launch of a new U.S. equities trading platform using Fidessa, the leading supplier of multi-asset trading, portfolio analysis, decision support, compliance, market data and connectivity solutions. View the full article via the link below. Adoption of New Trading Technology Provides Clients with Unrivaled Execution as well as Advanced Analytics and Compliance Solutions
July 26, 2010 – Bond Buyer
Minority-Owned Business Firms: BRV Hires Robert Ceresa
Oakland, Calif., July 26, 2010 --- Click image below to view Bond Buyer article:

January 20, 2010 – Cisco Systems: Supplier Information Newsletter

Supplier Win for a Diverse Owned Broker/Dealer Firm

Often diverse suppliers ask us, “How can we work with Cisco?” Opportunities come up when they are least expected. Perseverance is the word that best describes this diverse supplier’s experience.

Madison Gunter, Global Supplier Diversity Business Development Manager, with the direction of Cisco’s Treasury and Risk Management executive team, pulled together a small group of diverse-owned asset managers and broker/dealer firms to work with Cisco exclusively. Madison’s goal was to integrate these firms into Cisco’s capital management process. Perseverance led to steady progress, and actual business was accomplished over the last three years.

On November 9, 2009, Blaylock Robert Van, LLC was part of the team that co-managed Cisco's debt offering. This is the first time a diverse-owned firm was given the opportunity to co-manage a debt offering of this size. This could not have happened without the guidance of Cisco’s Treasury and Risk Management executive team, who truly understand the importance of inclusion within our supply chain.

Blaylock Robert Van, LLC (”BRV”) is a minority-owned investment banking and financial services company. BRV provides a global electronic equity and fixed income trading platform with direct market access to over 40 worldwide exchanges and a proprietary web-based research platform designed to specifically address the needs of fundamental portfolio managers and analysts.

Blaylock Robert Van Securities LLC, Home Page

August 18, 2009 – Press Release
SBK-Brooks Investment Corp. Team Joins Blaylock Robert Van
Oakland, Calif., August 18, 2009 --- Click image above to view press release:
May 5, 2009 – Bond Buyer
Minority-Owned Business Firms: BRV Hires Aquacena Lopez
Oakland, Calif., May 5, 2009 --- Click image above to view Bond Buyer article:
April 29, 2009 – BRV Research Press Release
Blaylock Robert Van Expands Research Platform; Hires Tech Veteran Joel Achramowicz
Oakland, Calif., April 29, 2009 --- Click image above to view press release:
May 27, 2008 – BRV Adopts Merrill-Lynch Principals
Blaylock Robert Van, LLC, an investment banker/broker dealer announces that it has adopted the following: Blaylock Robert Van (BRV) does not, nor has it ever, maintained a link between the compensation for analysts and investment banking. BRV does not, nor has it ever, allowed investment banking input into analysts' compensation. BRV conducts research through a quantitative model for assessing the relative attractiveness of equity securities and their optimal weights for inclusion in portfolios. The company does not produce traditional fundamental research recommendations. There exists within the firm a review committee that has approved the research methodology. BRV reviews, and monitors, daily quantitative assessments generated by the model. BRV conducts no fundamental research on companies, thus the inclusion or exclusion of securities followed by the model is purely quantitatively driven. BRV neither covers any companies fundamentally, nor has it received any compensation from companies over the last 12 months, outside of traditional brokerage execution services.
April 18, 2007 – Blaylock & Co. and Robert Van Securities Join Forces
In the spring of 2007, two FINRA-approved entities combined to form Blaylock Robert Van. The renowned investment bank Blaylock & Co. joined with well-established broker-dealer Robert Van Securities. The combined company created one of the preeminent full-service, minority-owned investment banks in the financial services industry.