THE SCOOP
Preferred banker to financial services
firms
Founded in 1962, Keefe, Bruyette & Woods is a New
York-headquartered investment bank that specializes in serving
financial services companies. The firm's clients include banking
and insurance companies, broker-dealers, mortgage banks, asset
management companies, REITs, specialty finance firms, and
securities exchanges. Its services include mergers and
acquisitions advisory, general financial advisory, equity capital
markets, fixed income markets, mutual thrift and insurance company
conversions, and structured finance. KBW managed more IPOs and
follow-on equity offerings in the financial institution sector from
2004 to 2010 than any other investment bank, and also advised on
more financial institution-related M&A deals from 2004 to 2009
than any other firm. As for the firm's research department, its
analysts cover more than 200 U.S. banks and nearly 680
foreign-based financial services companies. The firm employs
approximately 450 people in 11 offices around the world. In
addition to its headquarters in New York, the firm has outposts in
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Hartford, Houston, Richmond, San
Francisco, London, Honk Kong, and Tokyo. The firm is led by Thomas
B. Michaud, its president and CEO.
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