Piper Jaffray
Public | |
Traded as | NYSE: PJC |
Industry | Financial Services |
Founded |
Minneapolis, Minnesota 1895 |
Headquarters | Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
Key people | Andrew S. Duff, Chairman and CEO |
Products | Investment Banking, Public Finance, Asset Management, Equity Sales & Trading, Fixed Income Services, Equity and Debt Capital Markets, Investment Research |
Revenue | $696.3 Million (2015) |
Number of employees | 1,300 |
Website | www.piperjaffray.com |
Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC) is a full-service investment bank and asset management firm focused on mergers and acquisitions, financial restructuring, public offerings, public finance, institutional brokerage, investment management and securities research. Through its principal subsidiary, Piper Jaffray & Co., the company targets corporations, institutional investors, and public entities.
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Piper Jaffray has 54 offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia.[1] The company was founded in 1895.
In 2015, Forbes magazine recognized Piper Jaffray on its list of America's 50 Most Trustworthy Financial Companies.[2] Piper Jaffray was also named 2014 Investment Bank of the Year by Mergers & Acquisitions Journal.[3]
History
Piper Jaffray traces its roots to 1895 when George Lane established George B. Lane, Commercial Paper and Collateral Loans & Co., a commercial paper brokerage, in Minneapolis. In 1913, Piper, Jaffray Co. was established as another commercial paper business by H.C. Piper Sr. and Clive Palmer (C.P. or Palmer) Jaffray. In 1917, George B. Lane & Co. merged with Piper, Jaffray & Co. to form Lane, Piper & Jaffray.[4]
The firm first obtained a seat on the New York Stock Exchange in 1931 with the acquisition of Hopwood & Company, which had been devastated by the stock market crash. In 1971, Piper first offered stock to the public and became a publicly held corporation known as Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood Incorporated. Later, in 1986, Piper's common stock began trading on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol PIPR. In 1997, the firm was acquired by U.S. Bancorp, also based in Minneapolis, for $730 million in cash. From 1999 to 2003, the firm was known as U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray. In 2003, U.S. Bancorp spun off Piper Jaffray[5] in a stock dividend to its shareholders, making the company independent once again under the symbol PJC. In 2006, the company sold its brokerage business to Zurich-based UBS for $510 million in cash.[6] The business had approximately 800 brokers at that time.
Operations
Piper Jaffray operates principally through the following business segments:
Investment banking
Within its investment banking division, Piper Jaffray provides advisory and financing services involving:
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Debt capital markets
- Equity capital markets
- Private placements
- Capital advisory and restructuring
- Corporate and venture services
In 2013, Piper Jaffray was recognized for the second year in a row as the top healthcare investment bank by Global Finance Magazine.[7] [8]
In February 2016, Piper Jaffray acquired Houston-based energy firm Simmons & Company International for a total consideration of approximately $139 million, consisting of $91 million in cash and $48 million in restricted stock.[9]
Public finance
Piper Jaffray underwrites debt issuances and provides financial advisory to government and not-for-profit entities. In 2015, Piper Jaffray was ranked the No.3 underwriter of negotiated long-term transactions nationwide (by number of issues.) [10]
Institutional brokerage
Piper Jaffray serves institutional investors and corporate clients through the following segments:
- Equity sales and trading
- Fixed income sales and trading
- Securities research
- Strategic analytics and balance sheet management
Asset management
Piper Jaffray provides investment management and advisory services to institutional clients in the areas of equity, fixed income, private equity funds, master limited partnership and merchant banking. In 2010, the company acquired Advisory Research, Inc.,[11] a Chicago-based asset management firm with approximately $7.5 billion in assets under management. Advisory Research provides U.S., international, global and MLP and energy infrastructure strategies to institutional investors.
Industries
Piper Jaffray investment bankers focus on the following sectors:
- Agriculture and Clean Tech
- Business Services
- Consumer
- Education (K-12, Higher Ed, Charter Schools)
- Energy
- Financial Institutions
- Financial Sponsors
- Healthcare
- Hospitality
- Industrials
- Project Finance
- Real Estate and Multifamily
- Senior Living
- State & Local Government
- Technology
- Transportation
Executives and directors
Leadership team
- Andrew Duff: Chairman and CEO
- Debbra Schoneman: Chief Financial Officer
- Chad Abraham: Co-Head of Investment Banking and Capital Markets
- Christine Esckilsen: Chief Human Capital Officer
- Chris Crawshaw: CEO of Advisory Research, Inc.
- Frank Fairman: Head of Public Finance Services
- John Geelan: General Counsel
- Jeff Klinefelter: Global Head of Equities
- Scott LaRue: Co-Head of Investment Banking and Capital Markets
- Shawn Quant: Chief Information Officer
- Tom Schnettler: Vice Chairman of Piper Jaffray & Co.
- Brad Winges: Head of Fixed Income Services
Board of directors
- Andrew Duff: Piper Jaffray Companies Chairman and CEO
- William Fitzgerald: Chairman and CEO of Ascent Capital Group, Inc.
- Michael Frazier: Former Chairman and CEO of Simmons & Company International
- B. Kristine Johnson: President of Affinity Capital Management
- Addison (“Tad”) Piper: Vice Chairman and former Piper Jaffray Companies CEO
- Lisa Polsky: Chief Risk Officer of CIT Group
- Sherry Smith: Former Executive VP and CFO of SUPERVALU INC.
- Philip Soran: Former President of Dell Compellent and former CEO of Compellent Technologies
- Scott Taylor: Executive VP, General Counsel and Secretary of Symantec Corp.
- Michele Volpi: CEO of Betafence Holdings NV and former CEO of H.B. Fuller Company
Regulator fines
In 2002, Piper Jaffray was fined $25 million by state and federal regulators to settle charges that it provided biased stock ratings as part of the Global Analyst Research Settlements. Other firms, such as JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, UBS, Deutsche Bank and Morgan Stanley were fined for similar reasons. The firm agreed to make structural changes relating to its research and investment banking program to restore confidence in its business.[12]
Office locations
- Aberdeen, Scotland
- Albany, NY
- Albuquerque, NM
- Alpharetta, GA
- Atlanta, GA
- Austin, TX
- Baltimore, MD
- Birmingham, AL
- Boca Raton, FL
- Boise, ID
- Boston, MA
- Charleston, WV
- Charlotte, NC
- Chicago, IL
- Cleveland, OH
- Dallas, TX
- Denver, CO
- Des Moines, IA
- El Segundo, CA
- Hartford, CT
- Hong Kong
- Houston, TX
- Indianapolis, IN
- Jacksonville, FL
- Kansas City, MO
- London, England
- Long Island, NY
- Los Angeles, CA
- Memphis, TN
- Milwaukee, WI
- Minneapolis, MN
- Minneapolis, MN
- Moody, AL
- Nashville, TN
- New York, NY
- Orange County, CA
- Philadelphia, PA
- Phoenix, AZ
- Pittsburgh, PA
- Portland, OR
- Sacramento, CA
- San Antonio, TX
- San Francisco, CA
- Seattle, WA
- St. Louis, MO
- Washington, D.C.
- Winter Park, FL
- Zurich, Switzerland
- New York Office, 345 Park Ave.
- San Francisco Office, 50 California St.
- Minneapolis Office, 800 Nicollet Mall
- Chicago Office, Hyatt Center
- Chicago Office, 300 North LaSalle
- London Office, 88 Wood Street
- Houston Office, 700 Louisiana St.
- Boston Office, 100 Federal Street
- Denver Office, Tabor Center
- Charlotte Office, Charlotte Hines Plaza
- Charlotte Office, Bank of America Plaza
- Philadelphia Office, Two Logan Square
See also
References
- ↑ "Locations". Piper Jaffray. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
- ↑ "Forbes". Forbes. Retrieved 1 August 2015.
- ↑ "M&A Mid-Market Awards". Retrieved 2015-03-15.
- ↑ "Piper Jaffray Companies Inc.: An Inventory of Its Records". Minnesota Historical Society.
- ↑ Piper Jaffray Completes Spin-Off From U.S. Bancorp
- ↑ UBS to Buy Wealth Management Unit of Piper Jaffray
- ↑ "Global Finance - World's Best Investment Banks 2012". Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ↑ "Global Finance - World's Best Investment Banks 2013". Retrieved 2013-02-22.
- ↑ "Wall Street Journal: Piper Jaffray to Acquire Simmons for Energy Dealmaking Push". Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- ↑ "Thomson Financial". Retrieved 2015-12-31.
- ↑ Advisory Research, Advisory Research Web Site.
- ↑ Piper Jaffray Agrees to Settle Charges on Ratings of Stocks - The New York Times.
External links
- Piper Jaffray Company website
- Forbes America's 50 Most Trustworthy Financial Companies
- Piper Jaffray National Teen Survey
- The Piper Jaffray Corporate Records are available for research use at the Minnesota Historical Society.