StoneCastle Securities, LLC (“SCS”) is a FINRA registered broker-dealer. StoneCastle Securities was originally established to facilitate direct (bi-lateral) investments in new-issue capital securities issues by community banks by SCS’s sister company, StoneCastle Advisors. The company is currently focused on the U.S. private placement market where StoneCastle’s esoteric corporate credit team has deep market experience and works with the largest institutional investors in the private placement market.