Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller (formerly Fox-Pitt, Kelton or FPK) was an investment bank focused on mergers and acquisitions advisory services, private placements of debt and equity as well as equity research. FPK specialised in transactions involving financial institutions and financial services companies.
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| Company type | Private |
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| Industry | Investment banking |
| Founded | 1971 |
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| Fate | acquired by Macquarie Group (2009) |
| Headquarters | London, England, United Kingdom New York, New York, United States |
| Products | Financial services |
Number of employees | 285 |
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| Website | www.fpk.com |
The firm, which had eight offices globally in London, New York, Chicago, Hartford, San Francisco, Boston, Hong Kong and Tokyo had approximately 285 employees, including 60 research analysts and 60 employees in sales and trading.
It was acquired by Macquarie Group in November 2009.[1][2]
History
editThe firm was founded in 1971 by Oliver Fox-Pitt and Robin Kelton, with assistance from Len Caronia.[3] After expanding to the U.S. in the 1980s, FPK launched Eldon, a financial services focused investment manager, in 1994 (Eldon was sold to Hiscox in 2003).
Swiss Reinsurance Co. acquired FPK in 1998 for US$200 million.[4] Under Swiss Re's ownership, the firm expanded further globally, entering Asia.
A consortium led by private equity firm J.C. Flowers & Co. and the bank's management led by Giles Fitzpatrick, CEO, purchased Fox-Pitt from Swiss Reinsurance Co. in February 2006. Lazard investment banker Gary Parr also invested in Fox-Pitt.
Under management and private equity ownership, the firm acquired another investment boutique, Chicago-based Cochran Caronia Waller (CCW) in 2007. CCW was founded in 1997 as Cochran Caronia & Co by George Cochran, Leonard Caronia and John Waller and was renamed Cochran Caronia Waller in 2006.[5][6] Like FPK, it specialised in financial services, focusing on the property-casualty, life and health sectors. Among the notable transactions in which the firm was involved, FPK, and its co-owner J. Christopher Flowers, advised Bank of America on its acquisition of Merrill Lynch in 2008.
In 2009, Macquarie Group, Australia's largest investment bank, entered into serious discussions about a takeover of Fox-Pitt Kelton from its current ownership,[7] and on September 30, 2009, the two firms announced a purchase agreement valuing Fox-Pitt Kelton at US$146.7 million.[8] Macquarie's acquisition of Fox-Pitt Kelton was completed in November 2009.[9]
References
edit- ^ Edmonston, Peter (September 30, 2009). "Macquarie to Buy the Boutique Firm Fox-Pitt Kelton". DealBook. The New York Times. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ "Macquarie completes acquisition of Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller" (Press release). Macquarie. December 1, 2009. Retrieved July 14, 2017.
- ^ Yerak, Becky (October 14, 2009). "Raising capital a Signature event". Chicago Tribune. p. 23. Retrieved July 5, 2018 – via Newspapers.com (Publisher Extra).
- ^ "Fox-Pitt bows to $200m Swiss Re offer". Independent. London. December 22, 1998.
- ^ "Fox-Pitt, Cochran Caronia Join Forces: Deal is first since J.C. Flowers buyout". Investment Dealers' Digest. May 28, 2007. Archived from the original on November 2, 2012.
- ^ "Fox-Pitt, Kelton to merge with U.S. broker CCW". Reuters. May 24, 2007.
- ^ Corkery, Michael; Craig, Susanne (August 20, 2009). "Macquarie In Takeover Talks For Fox-Pitt Kelton". Deal Journal. The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Fineman, Josh; Choudhury, Ambereen (September 30, 2009). "Macquarie Agrees to Buy Fox-Pitt Kelton for $146.7 Million". Bloomburg.
- ^ "Macquarie Completes Acquisition of Fox-Pitt Kelton Cochran Caronia Waller". www.businesswire.com. December 1, 2009. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
Further reading
edit- Fox-Pitt in flower. The Deal, September 19, 2008
External links
edit- Fox-Pitt, Kelton (company website)