Exhibit 99.1

BROADPOINT.GLEACHER TO PRESENT AT THE
BANK OF AMERICA MERRILL LYNCH
2009 BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES CONFERENCE

NEW YORK, N.Y., November 9, 2009 — Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPSG) today announced its participation in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2009 Banking and Financial Services Conference on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Lee Fensterstock, Chief Executive Officer of Broadpoint.Gleacher, is currently scheduled to present at 9:40 A.M. EST.

The presentation will be webcast live. The webcast, as well as a copy of the Company’s presentation materials, will be available on November 11, 2009 through the Investor Relations portion of Broadpoint.Gleacher’s website at www.bpsg.com. For those who cannot listen to the live webcast, the archived webcast will be available one hour following the conclusion of the live event through November 27, 2009 directly through Broadpoint.Gleacher’s website.

About Broadpoint.Gleacher

Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: BPSG) is an independent investment bank that provides corporations and institutional investors with strategic, research-based investment opportunities, capital raising, and financial advisory services, including merger and acquisition, restructuring, recapitalization and strategic alternative analysis services. The Company offers a diverse range of products through the Debt Capital Markets, Investment Banking and Broadpoint DESCAP divisions of Broadpoint Capital, Inc., its Investment Banking financial advisory subsidiary, Gleacher Partners LLC, its Equity Capital Markets subsidiary, Broadpoint AmTech and FA Technology Ventures Inc., its venture capital subsidiary. For more information, please visit www.bpsg.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains “forward-looking statements.” These statements are not historical facts but instead represent the Company’s belief regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of the Company’s control. The Company’s forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including the conditions of the securities markets, generally, and acceptance of the Company’s services within those markets and other risks and factors identified from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. It is possible that the Company’s actual results and financial condition may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results and financial condition indicated in its forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The Company does not undertake to update any of its forward-looking statements.

For Additional Information Please Contact:

Investor Contact		Media Contact
Robert Turner		Ray Young
Chief Financial Officer		Halldin Public Relations
Broadpoint Gleacher Securities Group, Inc.		916.781.0659
212.273.7109