Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 2, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a leading national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, is excited to be named among the Top 100 Lower Middle Market Investment Banks of 2023 by Axial.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 30, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a leading national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, is honored to be named among the Top Lower Middle Market Investment Banks for the third quarter of 2023 by Axial.

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Focus Investment Banking

MAY 22, 2025

What a Good Insurance Broker Looks Like Inside the Traits that Make Brokers Acquisition Ready As M&A activity continues to consolidate a fragmented U.S. From reoccurring commissions and operational efficiency to commercial lines focus and niche specialisation, the profile of a good broker has never been clearer.

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Focus Investment Banking

APRIL 26, 2024

Washington, DC, (April 26, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services is honored to be named among the Top 25 Lower Middle Market Investment Banks of Q1 2024 by Axial.

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Focus Investment Banking

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Washington, DC, (October 2, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the consumer industry. For more information, visit www.focusbankers.com.

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Sica Fletcher

AUGUST 6, 2024

Our research team’s latest report compares the top insurance agency investment banks of 2024. Insurance Agency Investment Banks: Investment banks that specialize in the insurance industry. Insurance Agency Investment Banks: Investment banks that specialize in the insurance industry.

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The TRADE

JULY 12, 2023

LCH – part of the post-trade division of London Stock Exchange Group – has announced that Barclays and Barclays Ireland are now live as clearing brokers at CDSClear. LCH also announced that its 24-hour foreign exchange clearing service, ForexClear, cleared the first NDF trade for Axis Bank – where Societe Generale acted as clearing broker.

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Focus Investment Banking

JULY 27, 2023

Washington, DC, (July 27, 2023) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”) a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, is thrilled to announce its exceptional achievement of being named #1 on Axial’s second quarter 2023 lower middle market investment bank league table.

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Focus Investment Banking

JUNE 21, 2024

Washington, DC, (June 21, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the industrials sector. For more information, visit www.focusbankers.com.

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Focus Investment Banking

MARCH 19, 2024

Washington, DC, (March 19, 2024) – FOCUS Investment Banking (“FOCUS”), a national middle market investment banking firm providing merger, acquisition, divestiture, and corporate finance services, has been recognized as a leading M&A advisor in the technology services industry by Axial, the trusted deal platform serving the lower middle market.

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Focus Investment Banking

JULY 8, 2025

Breaking Down the FOCUS Sell-Side Process FOCUS Investment Banking is a leading sell-side advisor serving middle market companies. The healthcare team at FOCUS Investment Banking specializes in handling these competitive sell-side processes. Our healthcare services clients (e.g., Our healthcare services clients (e.g.,

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The TRADE

JANUARY 23, 2024

Throughout his career, UAE-based Darwish has also worked as sales trader at investment banks Credit Suisse and Commercial International Bank (CIB). GTN serves brokers, banks, asset managers, and fintech clients.

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The TRADE

JUNE 16, 2025

Peel Hunt Redburn Atlantic’s head of electronic trading has left the firm to join UK investment bank Peel Hunt, as revealed by The TRADE. Meroni joins from Sanford Bernstein and also previously served at Lehman, Goldman Sachs, UBS Investment Bank and Nomura. Three other appointments have also been made.

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The TRADE

JUNE 18, 2025

Jan Treuren Cboe Clear Europe launched the clearing service in March 2025, wherein Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking acted as a principal lender against JP Morgan as a borrower, as part of the first trades cleared through the new service.

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The TRADE

JUNE 12, 2025

Meroni joins from Sanford Bernstein and also previously served at Lehman, Goldman Sachs, UBS Investment Bank and Nomura. The move follows Redburn Atlantic’s winning Best Agency Broker at The TRADE’s inaugural 2024 Leaders in Trading New York Awards in November.

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OfficeHours

AUGUST 23, 2023

Join us as Alice Shang shares her insights and journey TOMORROW 8/24 AT 12PM ET regarding her journey from Investment Banking to Growth Equity to Entrepreneurship. How did your investment banking experience help you succeed in growth equity investing and beyond?

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The TRADE

MAY 14, 2024

The offering allows investment banks and brokers to identify addressable liquidity to enhance data and analytics processes and add value across research, algo optimisation, trading analytics and risk parameters.

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Mergers and Inquisitions

JULY 26, 2023

There are two main reasons to do a search fund internship: As an undergraduate, it gives you highly relevant experience that will be useful when you apply for investment banking internships. And you need early experience to get internships that convert into full-time offers at large banks. Why Do a Search Fund Internship?

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The TRADE

JULY 3, 2023

Before that, he spent almost 10 years at Deutsche Bank, where his roles included global co-head of electronic equities and head of eFX spot quant trading. New York-based independent prime broker Clear Street hired a team of investment bankers to build out its new investment banking and advisory offering.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 13, 2023

Deutsche Bank has completed the acquisition of institutional broker Numis and has unveiled a new offering to be known as ‘Deutsche Numis’. The transaction is the next step in Deutsche Bank’s Global Hausbank strategy, which aims to unlock deeper engagement with corporates in the UK.

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The TRADE

JUNE 20, 2023

Bloomberg has introduced a white label solution for US treasuries, allowing a wide range of broker dealers to provide liquidity for trades initiated on its platform as part of its D&I dealer initiative. This will then be routed to a range of counterparties, delivering pricing back to the counterparty which initiated the RFQ. “We

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Lackenby joined the bank two years ago from broker Market Securities. Brodie enjoyed stints with brokers BTIG and United First Partners before joining the US bank two years ago. Brown had worked at Citi for sixteen years, before this she was employed by German rival Deutsche Bank. Citi declined to comment.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 24, 2024

BGC Group and ten global investment banks and market-making firms announced a partnership in April 2024 to create FMX Holdings which includes the exchange, as well as a spot foreign exchange platform, and a US cash treasuries platform.

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Sun Acquisitions

MAY 26, 2022

As seasoned M&A brokers, we’ve dealt with our fair share of buyers and sellers, and here are the top 6 places we recommend you consider selling your business. Investment Banks. When thinking about where to sell a small business, few people consider investment banks. M&A Brokers. Contact us today.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

UK-based investment bank Peel Hunt has appointed the former head of electronic and program trading and sales at Numis Securities to head up its own electronic trading division. Banque, Banca Commerciale, and Lugano Espirito Santo Investment Bank. Banque, Banca Commerciale, and Lugano Espirito Santo Investment Bank.

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American Banker - Investment Banking

OCTOBER 12, 2023

After Archegos' collapse, Nomura had lost almost $3 billion, one of the biggest losses in the history of the prime-broker industry that caters to investment funds.

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How2Exit

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Traditional investment banks and business brokers were not equipped to handle the unique needs of the tech industry. You could go to a big investment bank, like a Goldman Sachs, but they would not return your call because the business was too small. Smale saw an opportunity to fill this void and founded F.E.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 2, 2023

One of BCS Global Markets’ prime services sales leads has left the investment bank to join boutique merging markets broker and investment bank BancTrust. Grigoriy Kozin has been appointed head of business development, prime services and electronic execution at BancTrust after three years in his role at BCS.

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The TRADE

JUNE 5, 2025

Banque, Banca Commerciale, and Lugano Espirito Santo Investment Bank. In the same week, Deutsche Bank confirmed it was set to acquire institutional broker Numis for 410 million, according to documents seen by The TRADE. Previous companies include Bloomberg Tradebook, Execution, Canaccord, C.I.M

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How2Exit

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Juan has a background in finance and technology, and he has experience in investment banking and private equity. rn They pre-approve a lot of deals from various brokers and have funded over 30 buyers so far. rn Boopos looks at the quality of revenues and financial metrics when evaluating businesses for funding.

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The TRADE

AUGUST 7, 2023

The bank is now in the process of determining who will be appointed to assume Ybarra’s responsibilities when he steps down next year, with plans to announce a succession plan in the coming months. Investment banking boutique KNG Securities appointed Gary Ballard as its new head of equities.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 18, 2024

According to Coalition Greenwich, the top dozen investment banks offering prime services saw revenues rise to a record $20.4 Data from Convergence tracking the top 25 prime brokers showed their market share grew from 83.3% That’s adding a level of interest in the sector again by allocators. billion in 2023.

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The TRADE

MAY 20, 2024

Elsewhere, Citi named a new chief executive of its broker dealer entity Citigroup Global Markets Inc (CGMI). Prior to this, he spent more than eight years at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking (SGCIB), working across multi asset sales and trading, hedge fund sales, and prime brokerage.

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The TRADE

OCTOBER 2, 2023

James Hilton was appointed multi-asset managing director in RBC’s low touch team, joining from Credit Suisse, where he had been serving as head of sales for EMEA for the bank’s advanced execution sales (AES) team. Prior to joining Credit Suisse in 2006, Hilton spent six years at UBS Investment Bank as a director.

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The TRADE

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Previously in his career, he served as president and chief executive of TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation for eight years and as vice chairman of TD Bank Financial Group. Banque, Banca Commerciale, and Lugano Espirito Santo Investment Bank. Banque, Banca Commerciale, and Lugano Espirito Santo Investment Bank.

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The TRADE

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Lackenby previously worked at Market Securities and Cantor Fitzgerald while Brodie was employed by brokers BTIG and United First Partners, and investment banks Jefferies and Bear Stearns, prior to joining Citi. Both joined from Wall Street giant Citi and will be working alongside Tim Caulton.

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The TRADE

JULY 13, 2023

New York-based independent prime broker Clear Street is set to expand into the futures market – subject to regulatory approval – with the acquisition of software developer, React Consulting Services. The post Clear Street to acquire clearing platform provider React appeared first on The TRADE.

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