Company Overview:

Thejudagroup provides capital markets services to the institutional investment management community.

Company Services:

Sales & Trading – Our knowledge-driven sales and trading group provides institutions with outstanding liquidity and best execution in the US market, with a focus on providing the highest level of attention and client service. We trade primarily the securities of companies in our areas of focus and seek to match buyers and sellers naturally, with minimal impact on the markets. thejudagroup is a market maker and trader of equities in the U.S. market. With a combined 200+ years in brokerage business, our sales, trading and execution professionals can help institutional investors with their brokerage needs.

Research – thejudagroup‘s research efforts cover U.S. equities, with an exclusive focus on Technology companies.  Our analysts focus on identifying emerging industry trends and themes while providing in-depth, objective research. Our analysts use a variety of quantitative and qualitative tools, integrating proprietary channel checks, field analysis and ongoing dialogue with the managements of the companies they cover. We utilize the latest technologies to deliver a research product that is timely, differentiated, and tailored to our institutional customer’s needs. Our corporate access program provides our institutional clients with the ability to meet with companies and their management teams.

Investment Banking – thejudagroup‘s banking professionals provide technology companies with advisory and underwriting services through equity & equity-linked financing and idea-driven M&A.

Tom Juda, President, Institutional Equity Sales and Trading. Mr. Juda joined SMHG (now The Edelman Financial Group) in January 2002 as President of its Institutional Equity Sales and Trading Division. He began his career at Sutro & Co. in 1968 at the age of 21, working on the institutional desk founded by his father in 1929. Mr. Juda’s father, Felix Juda, is considered one of the pioneers of, and legends in, the institutional business. In 1982, Mr. Juda was promoted to the head of the trading desk at Sutro, where he served as Executive Vice President and Managing Director until joining SMHG.

Scott Juda, Head of Investment Banking & COO. Mr. Juda joined SMHG (now The Edelman Financial Group) in 2002 as part of the acquisition of the Sutro & Co. capital markets group and served as a Managing Director in the Investment Banking Group until 2008. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Juda was an institutional sales-trader for Sutro & Co., covering a wide range of buy-side firms including mutual funds, pension funds and hedge funds. From 1997 to 2000, he was an associate at Buchalter, Nemer, Fields & Younger, LLP, practicing corporate and securities law. During his tenure as a practicing attorney, Mr. Juda worked on and closed a wide range of financings and other business combinations including but not limited to, mergers, acquisitions, leverage buy-outs, management buy-outs, roll-ups, sales of assets, and sales of business lines. Additionally, his practice included advising start-up companies, state and federal regulatory work and securities filings. His client base included venture capital firms, hedge funds, investment banks, public companies as well as private companies. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Juda was an analyst for Sutro & Co.’s investment bank. Mr. Juda received his bachelor degree from the University of Southern California and his juris doctor from the University of Pepperdine School of Law and serves on the board of directors of several companies.  Mr. Juda is member of the State Bar of California.