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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]
An independent advisory firm (sometimes less accurately called an advisory boutique) [1] [2] [3] is an investment bank that provides strategic and financial advice to clients primarily including corporations, financial sponsors, and governments.
The Blackstone Group (BX) is going back to its roots. Led by Stephen Schwarzman, the New York based firm was originally founded as a mergers and acquisitions boutique investment bank in 1985.
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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 ]
CIBC Capital Markets reached a peak in 1999 and 2000, when the investment bank cracked the top ten of U.S. issuers of high yield bonds and the top twenty in mergers and acquisitions advisory. In 1999, CIBC Capital Markets backed Gary Winnick and his company Global Crossing to build optical fiber cable connections under the ocean. [ 12 ]
Canaccord Genuity Group Inc. is an investment banking and financial services company that specializes in wealth management and brokerage in capital markets. It is the largest independent investment dealer in Canada. [5] The firm focuses on growth companies, with operations in 10 countries.