Piper Jaffray Expands Financial Technology Investment Banking with Hiring of Bruce Urbanek
October 02 2017 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC), a leading investment bank
and asset management firm, is pleased to announce the hiring of
Bruce Urbanek as a managing director in its financial institutions
investment banking group focused on financial technology coverage.
He will be based in the firm’s New York office.
Prior to joining Piper Jaffray, Urbanek was a director and
co-founder of the financial technology investment banking practice
at Houlihan Lokey, Inc. Previously, he was a vice president in the
financial institutions group at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and had
positions within the financial institutions and technology groups
at Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. Over the course of his career,
Urbanek has advised on a wide variety of M&A and
capital-raising transactions for clients in the payments, financial
processing, lending and capital markets sectors.
“Since entering the financial institutions space in 2015, we
have been very focused on the convergence of banks and payment
systems along with the broader technology marketplace,” said Chad
Abraham, global co-head of investment banking and capital markets
at Piper Jaffray.
“With more than 15 years of experience in the fintech sector, we
look forward to harnessing Bruce’s expertise as we continue to
expand our financial institutions group,” said Robert Hutchinson,
head of financial institutions group (FIG) investment banking at
Piper Jaffray. “The context he brings from working with fintech
companies of various sizes and ownership structures will be
especially beneficial as the market consolidates and evolves.”
Urbanek holds a bachelor’s degree in finance and
entrepreneurship/small business management from Florida State
University.
The FIG investment banking team consists of 27 dedicated
professionals with 11 senior calling officers. The group has
executed more than 361 M&A transactions totaling over $280
billion in deal value.
Piper Jaffray Companies (NYSE: PJC) is a leading investment bank
and asset management firm. Securities brokerage and investment
banking services are offered in the U.S. through Piper Jaffray
& Co., member SIPC and FINRA; in Europe through Piper Jaffray
Ltd., authorized and regulated by the U.K. Financial Conduct
Authority; and in Hong Kong through Piper Jaffray Hong Kong
Limited, authorized and regulated by the Securities and Futures
Commission. Asset management products and services are offered
through five separate investment advisory affiliates―U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) registered Advisory
Research, Inc., Piper Jaffray Investment Management LLC, PJC
Capital Partners LLC and Piper Jaffray & Co., and
Guernsey-based Parallel General Partners Limited, authorized and
regulated by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.
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