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As larger investment banks were hit hard by the Great Recession of the 2000s, many senior bankers left to join boutiques, some of which largely resemble the partnerships that ruled Wall Street in the 1970s and 1980s. Boutique investment banks took a greater share of the M&A and advising market at the same time. [7]
This list of investment banks notes full-service banks, financial conglomerates, independent investment banks, private placement firms and notable acquired, merged, or bankrupt investment banks. As an industry it is broken up into the Bulge Bracket (upper tier), Middle Market (mid-level businesses), and boutique market (specialized businesses). [1]
Robertson Stephens was founded as boutique investment bank, Robertson Stephens & Company. It was among the most active investment banks in the technology sector at the height of the internet boom, underwriting 74 IPOs with a total value of $5.5 billion between 1999 and 2000. [ 3 ]
Quarterdeck Investment Partners, Inc. was an American boutique investment bank headquartered in Los Angeles, California which focused exclusively on advising clients in the global aerospace and defense sectors. The company was acquired in 2002 by US financial group, Jefferies Group and renamed Jefferies Quarterdeck.
Bulge bracket banks are the world's largest global investment banks, [2] serving mostly large corporations, institutional investors and governments.The term "Bulge Bracket" comes from the way investment banks are listed on the "tombstone", or public notification of a financial transaction, [3] where the largest advisors on investment banking operations (mergers, acquisitions, IPOs, or debt ...
Raine provides investment banking advisory services to companies in the TMT sector. Its business model follows Allen & Company where its deal-making contacts would give it exclusive access to prospective investments. Raine does not make many pitches for new business and instead prefers to focus on existing clients for repeat business. [3] [4] [8]
Tier 1 capital is the core measure of a bank's financial strength from a regulator's point of view. [ note 1 ] It is composed of core capital , [ 1 ] which consists primarily of common stock and disclosed reserves (or retained earnings ), [ 2 ] but may also include non-redeemable non-cumulative preferred stock .
Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., a Stifel Company, is an investment banking firm headquartered in New York City, specializing exclusively in the financial services sector.. KBW's primary business lines include research, corporate finance, equity sales and trading, equity capital markets, debt capital markets, and asset managem