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The Maybach Financial Group: added Wintrust Financial Corp. to their watch list(M2 PressWIRE Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) RDATE:18012008 Maybach Financial Group is a syndicate of financial analysts, with a core group representing over 250 years of total investing experience. Our focus is to give investors the financial advantage necessary to sustain profits in all markets. Thursday, January 17, 2008 we have added (NASDAQ:WTFC) to our portfolio. The Maybach Financial Group www.maybachfinancial.com will be researching the above-mentioned companies for our members. Visit www.maybachfinancial.com for a complimentary subscription to the Maybach service and receive at no cost our "Special Report#1: The Pick of the Decade" No credit card or payment information is required. Today's activity has brought Wintrust Financial Corp. on our radar. Wintrust Financial Corp. was in the red less than 1% with average volume early trading Thursday, January 17, 2008. Thursday, January 17, 2008 Wintrust Financial announced the appointment of Daniel J. Cardell, CFA as President and Chief Investment Officer of its subsidiary Wayne Hummer Asset Management. Cardell will lead an aggressive expansion of the firm's investment strategies. Todd D. Doersch has been appointed Head of Product Management, responsible for launching new products through the firm's multiple distribution channels. Cardell brings over 25 years of investment management experience and extensive expertise to Wayne Hummer. In his career, he has served as Director of Equities at Weiss, Peck & Greer in New York and Director of Equities at the Bank of America in Chicago. In addition, Cardell has developed and managed investment strategies at Continental Bank, Mellon Bank and Maryland National Bank. Most recently, Cardell has been pursuing his avocation of teaching finance to MBA candidates at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Quantitative Alliance, an international professional organization of quantitative investment practitioners. Cardell received his B.S. in Finance from Wilkes University and an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh. Todd Doersch joins Wayne Hummer from Cognitive Investment Management, a hedge fund firm Doersch founded. Doersch has also served as CEO of Barra RogersCasey Investment Consulting, among other leadership roles in the Barra organization (now MSCIBarra) as well as COO for Fuller & Thayer Asset Management. Doersch currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Quantitative Alliance and has served as board member or strategic advisor for several start-up firms. He holds two B.A. degrees from Stanford University where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and he earned an MBA from the Harvard Business School. "We are very pleased to have Dan and Todd joining our leadership team," says Tom Zidar, Chairman of Wayne Hummer Wealth Management. "They bring national recognition in the investment management space and complement each other's strengths well. I believe that bringing Dan and Todd on board marks the beginning of a period of transformational growth for Wayne Hummer and will be a key first step in realizing our vision of becoming Chicago's premiere money manager." "We plan to take the Wayne Hummer Wealth Management organization to the next level," said Cardell. "There is a strong commitment at Wintrust to grow the wealth management business. The rich heritage of the Wayne Hummer franchise combined with a state-of-the-art investment infrastructure will enable us to develop new winning investment strategies for our private clients and institutional investors." Doersch sees tremendous growth opportunity within the Wayne Hummer distribution channels. "The professional depth is there. 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