Ziegler Expands Its For-Profit Senior Living Team

CHICAGO, June 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Ziegler Capital Markets is pleased to announce the addition of two new bankers to its Senior Living Finance team. Sarah Healy and Toby Shea, two very experienced bankers in the CCRC and senior living field, have joined Ziegler from Sovereign Bank’s senior living practice in Boston.


Sarah Healy, CFA, joins Ziegler to spearhead its for-profit CCRC practice. Previously, Sarah was group head of Sovereign Bank’s Senior Living and Healthcare practice. Sarah has over 15 years of experience in the banking and CCRC sectors.


Toby Shea, CFA, joins the northeast not-for-profit banking team focusing on northern New England. While at Sovereign Bank, Toby focused on not-for-profit and for-profit clients in northern New England and the west for six years.


As noted by Dan Hermann, Managing Director & Ziegler’s Head of Senior Living Finance, “We are excited about the tremendous experience and capabilities both Sarah and Toby bring to our clients. In addition, under Sarah’s leadership, the for-profit CCRC practice will be expanded and will entail financial advisory, debt arrangement, senior debt placement, mezzanine and equity placement. Our seed capital capacity will be considered for for-profit opportunities, as well.”


For additional information about how the investment banking professionals at Ziegler can help your business, please contact pbrophy@ziegler.com or visit our website at http://www.zieglerseniorlivingfinance.com/


About Ziegler:


The Ziegler Companies, Inc. (Pink Sheets: ZGCO) is a growth-oriented boutique investment banking and investment services firm with a primary focus in the healthcare, senior living and church and school sectors. Operations encompass capital markets (capital advisory services, bond underwriting, mortgage banking, institutional sales and trading) and wealth management, including asset management and investment services.


Nationally, Ziegler Capital Markets is ranked as one of the leading investment banking firms for not-for-profit healthcare and senior living providers, as well as religious institutions and schools.


Ziegler Wealth Management (retail brokerage) encompasses investment and consulting services for individuals, families, businesses owners and institutions. It operates a network of financial advisors throughout Wisconsin and the nation.


Ziegler’s alternative investing activities include raising and deploying capital through private investment funds with investment objectives related to the real estate, services and technology sectors of the healthcare and senior living industries.


Ziegler Capital Management, LLC sponsors the North Track family of mutual funds and provides separate account management for individuals, corporations, foundations and endowments. Total assets under management are approximately $3.2 billion.


Certain comments in this news release represent forward-looking statements made pursuant to the provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, in particular, the overall financial health of the securities industry, the strength of the healthcare sector of the U.S. economy and the municipal securities marketplace, the ability of the Company to underwrite and distribute securities, the market value of mutual fund portfolios and separate account portfolios advised by the Company, the volume of sales by its retail brokers, the outcome of pending litigation, and the ability to attract and retain qualified employees.


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CONTACT: Pat Brophy of Ziegler Companies, Inc., +1-414-978-6423,
pbrophy@ziegler.com


Web site: http://www.ziegler.com/
http://www.zieglerseniorlivingfinance.com/