Brakovich

(Mark Your Calendars: RealShare Orange County, August 18 in Newport Beach).

IRVINE, CA-Greg Brakovich and Jamie Shepherdson of Crossroads Capital Group LLC have joined forces with Steadfast Cos. to provide advisory services and expansion of the sales effort for Steadfast's privately placed and publicly registered investments. Brakovich and Shepherdson are co-principals of Crossroads, which was formed to provide investment and advisory services for public, non-traded REITs and other alternative investments. Crossroads recently purchased a minority equity interest in Steadfast REIT Investments LLC to assist in the overall positioning and growth of the Steadfast Income REIT, the company's $1.65 billion public, non-traded REIT, as well as future alternative investment programs. Additionally, Brakovich and Shepherdson will serve on Steadfast Capital Markets Group's board of managers.

Shepherdson

Rodney F. Emery, Steadfast Cos.' CEO, commented on the venture: “Our vision since launching the capital markets group in 2009 has been to develop best-in-class, real estate-based and alternative investment programs that allow investors to capitalize on opportunities given the current economic environment.” Emery added that Brakovich and Shepherdson “ have been integral to the success of multiple wholesale distribution companies, and they will add to the bench strength of our capital markets executive management team."

Both Brakovich and Shepherdson have more than 30 years of experience in the financial services industry. Brakovich has specialized in building and managing wholesale distribution organizations, including three of today's market leaders: Fidelity Advisors, AXA Distributors and MetLife Investors. He most recently was the CEO of KBS Capital Markets Group, working as the dealer-manager for KBS REIT I and KBS REIT II.

Shepherdson has comprehensive experience within the wholesale distribution of life and annuity insurance products, mutual fund, real estate and oil and gas assets, and has held roles as president of retirement services of AXA Equitable, chairman of AXA Life Europe, president and CEO of John Hancock Funds, co-CEO of MetLife Investors and vice chairman of McGuiness Cos.

Simultaneously, to aid the company's burgeoning sales and distribution network, Steadfast Capital Markets Group has expanded its sales team to 12 territories to allow for greater geographic coverage across the US. Phil Meserve has been named as president and CEO of Steadfast Capital Markets Group, which is the securities and financial services division of Steadfast Cos., and Angela Barbera has been added as senior vice president, national accounts.

Meserve has also held tenure at AXA, MetLife and Fidelity, as well as overseen distribution efforts within the institutional, registered investment adviser and wirehouse channels at companies including TBG Financial and Equitable Distributors.

Barbera most recently was vice president, national accounts for KBS Capital Markets Group and was part of the team that developed and maintained a selling group spanning over 200 broker-dealers for five KBS public, non-traded REITs.