FBR & Co. (formerly known as Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group[2]) was a capital markets firm headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Founded in 1989 by Emanuel J. Friedman, Eric F. Billings, and W. Russell Ramsey,[2] the company provided investment banking, merger and acquisition advisory, institutional brokerage, and research services through its subsidiaries FBR Capital Markets & Co. and MLV & Co. FBR focused capital and financial expertise on the following industry sectors: consumer; energy & natural resources; financial institutions; healthcare; insurance; industrials; real estate; and technology, media & telecom. FBR was based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with offices throughout the United States. In 2017 the company was sold to B. Riley Financial[3] for $160.1 million.[4]