ARLINGTON, Va., Feb. 8, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- FBR Capital Markets Corporation (Nasdaq:FBCM) (FBR Capital Markets), a leading investment bank serving the middle market, announced today that it has rescheduled its fourth quarter and full year 2009 earnings call due to the Winter Storm Warning issued today by the National Weather Service for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. The earnings call -- originally scheduled for 9:00 A.M. U.S. EST, Wednesday, February 10, 2010 -- will now take place at 5:00 P.M. U.S. EST, Wednesday, February 10, 2010.

Investors wishing to listen to the earnings call may do so via the Web or conference call at:

Webcast link:

http://investor.shareholder.com/media/eventdetail.cfm?eventid=76559&CompanyID=FBCM&e=1&mediaKey=A638ADF35B185A230531194DBE6AEB85

Conference call dial-in number (domestic, toll-free): 888.477.8284

Conference call dial-in number (international): 201.604.5059

Conference call code: 222230

Replays of the webcast will be available after the call.

FBR Capital Markets Corporation (Nasdaq:FBCM) provides investment banking, merger and acquisition advisory, institutional brokerage, prime brokerage and research services through its subsidiary FBR Capital Markets & Co. FBR Capital Markets focuses capital and financial expertise on seven industry sectors: consumer; diversified industrials; energy & natural resources; financial institutions; insurance; real estate; and technology, media & telecom. Asset management services are provided by FBR Investment Management, Inc., and mutual funds are provided by FBR Fund Advisers, Inc.; both companies are subsidiaries of FBR Capital Markets Corporation. FBR Capital Markets is headquartered in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with offices throughout the United States and in London. For more information, please visit www.fbrcapitalmarkets.com.

The FBR Capital Markets Corporation logo is available at http://www.globenewswire.com/newsroom/prs/?pkgid=6405

Statements in this release concerning future performance, developments, events, market forecasts, revenues, expenses, earnings, run rates and any other guidance on present or future periods, constitute forward-looking statements that are subject to a number of factors, risks and uncertainties that might cause actual results to differ materially from stated expectations or current circumstances. These factors include, but are not limited to, the effect of demand for public offerings, activity in the secondary securities markets, interest rates, costs of borrowing, interest spreads, mortgage pre-payment speeds, risks associated with merchant banking investments, the realization of gains and losses on principal investments, available technologies, competition for business and personnel, and general economic, political and market conditions. For a discussion of these and other risks and important factors that could affect our future results and financial condition, see "Risk Factors" in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in Part II, Item 7 of the our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008.

CONTACT:  FBR Capital Markets Corporation
          Media:
          Troy D. Gravitt
            703.469.1004
            tgravitt@fbr.com
          Investors:
          Bradley J. Wright
            703.469.1080
            fbcmir@fbr.com