Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group to Present at Sandler O'Neill & Partners' 2008 Global Exchange and Electronic Trading Conference

Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc (NASDAQ: RODM - News), today announced that Michael Lacovara, Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at Sandler O’Neill & Partners’ 2008 Global Exchange and Electronic Trading Conference taking place at the Grand Hyatt New York, on Friday, June 6 at 8.30 a.m. ET.

A live webcast and audio conference of the presentation will be available. The webcast may be accessed through the Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. website at: http://www.thomson-webcast.net/us/dispatching/SOP_20080605 and the audio conference will be available by dialing: 800-659-1966 and stating the passcode: “Session 2.”

About Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc.

Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. is a holding company with a number of direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, Rodman Principal Investments, LLC and Miller Mathis & Co.

Rodman & Renshaw, LLC is a full service investment bank dedicated to providing investment banking services to companies that have significant recurring capital needs due to their growth and development strategies, along with research, sales and trading services to institutional investor clients that focus on such companies. Rodman is a leading investment banking firm to the biotechnology sector, a capital intensive market segment, as well as a leader in the PIPE (private investment in public equity) and RD (registered direct placements) transactions markets.

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