Capitalink Earns Top Rankings Among Nation's Leading Financial Advisors; South Florida Investment Banking Firm Shares Top Billing With Wall Street Giants; Ranking 2nd Nationally, Capitalink Meets Increased Demand For Independence & Objectivity.MIAMI Miami, cities, United States Miami (mīăm`ē, –ə). 1 City (1990 pop. 358,548), seat of Dade co., SE Fla., on Biscayne Bay at the mouth of the Miami River; inc. 1896. -- Capitalink, L.C., a South Florida based investment banking firm serving clients throughout the nation and abroad, has earned two of the highest rankings among the nation's top financial advisory firms for the year 2005. Handling more than $1 billion in transactions during the year, Capitalink ranked 2nd nationally among financial advisors based on the number of fairness opinions issued for middle-market transactions announced in 2005. The growing Miami firm ranked higher than some of the nation's most prominent Wall Street firms, including Lehman Brothers Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (NYSE: LEH), founded in 1850, is a diversified, global financial services firm. It is a participant in investment banking, equity and fixed income sales, research and trading, investment management, private equity, and private banking. , Credit Suisse First Boston Credit Suisse First Boston was originally the trading name of the Financière Crédit Suisse-First Boston, a London-based 50-50 investment banking joint venture formed in 1978 between the First Boston Corporation and Credit Suisse. , Bank of America
Bank of America (NYSE: BAC TYO: 8648 ) is the largest commercial bank in the United States in terms of deposits, and the largest company of its kind in the world. Securities, Piper Jaffray Piper Jaffray & Co. (NYSE: PJC), often shortened to just Piper Jaffray or PiperJaffray, is a U.S. middle-market investment banking firm based in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is a focused on delivering financial advice, investment products and transaction execution Cos., and Duff & Phelps. The rankings are based on data from Thomson Financial Thomson Financial A major provider of information, analytical tools, and consulting services to the financial community. The firm, a division of Thomson Corporation, is best known to investors for its First Call segment, which publishes consensus earnings , one of the nation's leading financial research companies. Capitalink also ranked among the top 30 investment banking firms in the U.S., based on the total number of mergers and acquisitions transactions announced during the year. James Cassel, president of Capitalink, commenting on the firm's high ranking See Google bomb. in the fairness opinion category, said, "Our firm is independent and structured to provide publicly and privately held businesses with objective and independent investment banking and advisory services advisory services advisory services provided to the public, in their capacity as owners and managers of animals, are an important part of veterinary science. They may be provided by government bureaux, by commercial companies who deal in pharmaceuticals or animals or animal - without the distractions or conflicts faced by many of the old-line Wall Street giants. These firms often have major operations in other potentially conflicting business activities, such as research, retail brokerage or trading." He noted that Capitalink's independence and objectivity is especially important in performing fairness opinions. Capitalink's high ranking in the broader M&A category put the firm in the company of such widely recognized firms as Goldman Sachs The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., or simply Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is one of the world's largest global investment banks. Goldman Sachs was founded in 1869, and is headquartered in the Lower Manhattan area of New York City at 85 Broad Street. , Morgan Stanley  To comply with Wikipedia's , the introduction of this article needs a complete rewrite. , JP Morgan Chase, Citigroup, Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (NYSE: MER TYO: 8675 ), through its subsidiaries and affiliates, provides capital markets services, investment banking and advisory services, wealth management, asset management, insurance, banking and related products and services on a global basis. , Morgan
Lewis, and Deutsche Bank Securities. Capitalink ranked 28th in this
prestigious group according to data from FactSet MergerStat, a major
financial research company.Commenting further, Mr. Cassel said, "We are especially gratified grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to achieve these high rankings not only for the recognition they bring to our firm, but also for the recognition they bring to South Florida's business and financial community." Capitalink, L.C. (http://www.capitalinklc.com), which serves publicly and privately held businesses and emerging growth companies, operates with a team of seasoned investment banking professionals who possess diverse expertise in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, financial analysis, corporate strategy and business management. Capitalink's services include strategic financial guidance and hands-on assistance in mergers and acquisitions; financial transaction analysis and rendering fairness opinions; performing valuations; restructuring; raising capital; commercial bank financing and other corporate financing activities. Editor Note: The following tables provide details of the two different rankings referred to above. The tables identify the firms, show their rank, and the number of transactions that the rankings are based on. The merger and acquisition rankings are based on all announced transactions regardless of the dollar-value of the transactions. The middle-market fairness opinion rankings are based on announced transactions less than $200 million. 2005 Ranking - Fairness Opinions U.S. Announced Middle Market Deals Rank Financial Advisor 1 Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin 2 CAPITALINK, L.C. 3 Jefferies & Co. 4(a) Duff & Phelps 4(a) Keefe Bruyette & Woods 4(a) Lehman Brothers 4(a) Sandler O'Neill Partners 8 UBS Investment Bank 9(a) Credit Suisse First Boston 9(a) Bank of America Securities 9(a) Burke Capital Group 9(a) Piper Jaffray Cos. 9(a) Needham & Co. Inc. (a) indicates tie Middle Market is less than $200M Source: Thomson Financial 2005 Ranking - M&A Advisory U.S. Announced Deals Rank Financial Advisor 1 Goldman Sachs 2 Morgan Stanley 3 JP Morgan Chase 4 Citigroup 5(a) Credit Suisse First Boston 5(a) Houlihan Lokey Howard & Zukin 5(a) UBS AG 6 Merrill Lynch 7 Lehman Brothers 8 Jefferies Group 9 Deutsche Bank Securities 10(a) Morgan Lewis 10(a) Bank of America Securities ... ... 28(a) CAPITALINK, L.C. (a) indicates tie Source: FactSet Mergerstat, LLC |
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