Attached files

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10-K - FORM 10-K - NewStar Financial, Inc.d10k.htm
EX-32 - CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350 - NewStar Financial, Inc.dex32.htm
EX-31.(A) - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - NewStar Financial, Inc.dex31a.htm
EX-31.(B) - CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 - NewStar Financial, Inc.dex31b.htm
EX-10.(B)(7)(O) - SIXTH OMNIBUS AMENDMENT, DATED DECEMBER 15, 2010 - NewStar Financial, Inc.dex10b7o.htm
EX-10.(B)(7)(M) - FOURTH OMNIBUS AMENDMENT, DATED NOVEMBER 16, 2010 - NewStar Financial, Inc.dex10b7m.htm
EX-10.(B)(7)(N) - FIFTH OMNIBUS AMENDMENT, DATED NOVEMBER 22, 2010 - NewStar Financial, Inc.dex10b7n.htm
EX-21 - SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY - NewStar Financial, Inc.dex21.htm

Exhibit 23

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors

NewStar Financial, Inc.:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (No. 333-139330, No. 333-139331, No. 333-159283, and No. 333-166772) and Form S-3 (No. 333-150581) of NewStar Financial, Inc. of our reports dated March 4, 2011, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of NewStar Financial, Inc. and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 and 2009, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2010, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2010, which reports appear in the December 31, 2010 annual report on Form 10-K of NewStar Financial, Inc.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Boston, Massachusetts

March 4, 2011