Axial

JANUARY 23, 2025

Axial is excited to release our 2024 Lower Middle Market Investment Banking League Tables. To assemble this list, we reviewed the deal-making activities of 400+ investment banks and advisory firms that met the qualifications to be considered for league tables last year.

Investment Banking 59

Investment Banking Investment Banks Banks Mergers and Acquisitions 59

Axial

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Axial is excited to release its Q3 2023 Lower Middle Market Investment Banking League Tables. These quarterly league tables reveal the top 25 investment banks active on the Axial platform in Q3. In Q3, 571 sell-side investment banks and M&A advisors brought a total of 2,360 deals to market.

Investment Banking 52

Investment Banking Investment Banks Banks Mergers and Acquisitions 52

Axial

JUNE 6, 2023

However, working towards the first deal can be an uphill battle. Regardless of how many companies have been acquired, it is critical to continue “building relationships, educating sellers, and clearly communicating you are here to get a deal done,” says Ajay Amin, Principal at CMG Companies. What changed all of a sudden?

Deal Origination 52

Deal Origination Boutique Investment Banks Deal Flow Finance 52

The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2023

So that was a while back, but nonetheless, I don’t know if it was love at first sight, but we got to get along pretty well, and after a few years working for investment banks, he then joined Goldman Sachs. I joined, effectively, Deutsche Bank. We decided to try to have a go on our own. We were 28, 30 respectively.

Banks 59

Banks Asset Management Assets Capital 59

The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

The investment banks were stuck with syndications that they had committed to, to place in the markets with price caps on the, on the coupons. I, I think that that’s very important because I always took the early part of my career as education or an opportunity for education as much as it was employment.

Private Equity Firms 52

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Debt Banks 52

The Big Picture

APRIL 4, 2023

And what was fascinating about Drexel and kind of the diaspora, if you will, of that era was that we all basically went out looking to take that experience, particularly in high yield and kind of buyouts and financing, and do it at either banks or other investment banks. KENCEL: It’s the investment banking affiliate.

Private Equity Firms 59

Private Equity Firms Private Equity Firms Banks Finance 59

The Big Picture

JANUARY 7, 2025

Barry Ritholtz : We always pay attention to regions where there is a pool of capital, a world class educational institution and a, a private sector that can combine all three. The interlinkages between women, our education policy, labor force, productivity, and again, ultimately the growth of the economy. Fascinating.

Capital 52

Capital Hedge Funds Buyout Funds 52