Sep. 9, 2009 (Business Wire) -- Annaly Capital Management, Inc. (NYSE: NLY) today announced the addition of several new members to its management team over the last several months. They are involved in a range of activities at Annaly and its wholly-owned subsidiaries RCap Securities, Inc., a broker-dealer, and Fixed Income Discount Advisory Company, a registered investment advisor.

“Annaly continues to grow the scope of its asset management and broker dealer activities,” said Michael A.J. Farrell, Chairman, CEO and President of Annaly, “and I am pleased that we are able to add such capable professionals to help drive that growth. Our subsidiaries diversify and enhance our business profile, and I am confident that these individuals will make a positive contribution to our team.”

The new personnel include:

• Kevin Keyes, Managing Director—Capital Markets. Mr. Keyes has 19 years of experience in the capital markets, most recently as head of global real estate, technology and clean energy capital markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. He has served in a number of capacities in his career, including originating, structuring and executing transactions.
• Robert Karner, Executive Vice President and Head of Investments for CreXus Investment Corp. Mr. Karner has over 25 years of experience in commercial real estate finance, most recently as co-head of Morgan Stanley’s domestic CMBS syndication desk. He has held a wide range of roles in structuring and marketing CMBS and commercial mortgage portfolio management.
• Jeff Conti, Executive Vice President and Head of Underwriting for CreXus Investment Corp. Mr. Conti has over 20 years of experience in commercial real estate finance, most notably as a managing director in the fixed income and real estate group of TIAA-CREF, where he was a regional head of commercial mortgage originations. He has held a number of positions in real estate acquisitions, portfolio management, loan surveillance and restructuring.
• Laura Zwak DeMare, Executive Vice President. Ms. DeMare has 18 years of experience in financial markets, most recently as head of global marketing for distressed structured products at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She has considerable expertise in residential, commercial, consumer and other securitized product markets in a variety of roles and capacities, including institutional fixed income sales, trading and research.
• Mary Rooney, Executive Vice President. Ms. Rooney has 20 years of experience as a financial markets strategist, research analyst and economist, most recently as the head of global credit strategy at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Her body of work touches upon a wide range of markets, including corporates, Agencies and derivatives.