Rodman & Renshaw Announces the Oil & Gas Panel Discussion Taking Place at the Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference on September 13, 2010

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rodman & Renshaw, LLC, a subsidiary of Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: RODM), today announced the participants for the Offshore Oil & Gas panel discussion to be held at the company's upcoming Annual Global Investment Conference. The panel will be moderated by Jeff Hayden, Head of Oil & Gas Research at Rodman & Renshaw and includes John Schiller, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Energy XXI, Gary Hanna, Chief Executive Officer of Energy Partners. Ltd., David Welch, Chief Executive Officer & President of Stone Energy Corporation, Al Reese, Chief Financial Officer of ATP Oil & Gas Corporation and Scott Boruff, Chief Executive Officer & President of Miller Petroleum. The panel discussion will take place at 10:00 AM ET on September 13, 2010 in the Holmes I Salon at the New York Palace Hotel.

Edward Kovalik, Managing Director, Investment Banking at Rodman & Renshaw commented, “As we bring leading independent oil and gas companies with offshore drilling activities together with an exceptional audience of institutional investors, our discussion will shed light on how the industry is navigating a challenging economic environment as well as an evolving regulatory framework. We are delighted to have such distinguished panel participants.”

The Rodman & Renshaw Annual Global Investment Conference will be held at the New York Palace Hotel September 12 - 15, 2010. Mr. Henry M. Paulson, Jr., 74th United States Secretary of the Treasury (2006-2009), will open the conference as the keynote speaker on Monday, September 13, 2010 in a moderated interview hosted by Mr. Lawrence Kudlow, renowned free market, supply-side economist and host of CNBC's The Kudlow Report. Mr. William Isaac, former Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and author of the 2010 book Senseless Panic: How Washington Failed America, will also be a special guest speaker at the conference on Tuesday, September 14, 2010 at 5:30 PM.

Following Mr. Paulson's opening program, more than 600 public and private companies from around the world are expected to present to an audience of over 3,500 attendees. The conference will also feature tracks dedicated to Healthcare, China, Metals & Mining, Community Banks, Technology, Cleantech, and REITs. To register for the conference, please visit: http://www.rodm.com/conferences.

About Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc.

Rodman & Renshaw Capital Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: RODM) is a holding company with a number of direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Rodman & Renshaw, LLC.

Rodman & Renshaw is a full-service investment bank dedicated to providing corporate finance, strategic advisory and related services to public and private companies across multiple sectors and regions. Rodman also provides research and sales and trading services to institutional investors. Rodman is the leader in the PIPE (private investment in public equity) and RD (registered direct offering) transaction markets. According to Sagient Research Systems, Rodman has been ranked the #1 Placement Agent in terms of deal volume of PIPE and RD financing transactions completed every year since 2005.

For more information visit Rodman & Renshaw on the Internet at www.rodm.com.

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