Cohen & Company (COHN) 10-Q 2009 Q2 Quarterly report

Exhibit 32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Alesco Financial Inc. (the “Company”) on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), we, James J. McEntee, III and John J. Longino, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the Company, respectively, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to our knowledge:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial conditions and result of operations of the Company.

Date: August 17, 2009

/s/ James J. McEntee, III

James J. McEntee, III

Chief Executive Officer and President

/s/ John J. Longino

John J. Longino

Chief Financial Officer

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