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Sterne Agee's investment bank was among the most active last year, handling 18 deals. But the parent company's pending sale is leaving observers wondering what will happen to the people who shepherded those transactions.
March 23 -
The high-flying sector is primed for a correction, industry leaders said this week. Declining credit standards are one of the top concerns.
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As branch transactions continue to decline, banks are increasingly requiring expertise in an area they paid less attention to in the past: digital design. BBVA and Capital One's recent purchases of user-experience and design firms underscore the increasingly important trend.
April 20
A pair of senior banking analysts has left Sterne Agee to join Piper Jaffray.
Mathew Kelley and Matthew Breese will oversee Piper Jaffray's equity research for depository institutions in the Northeast.
Kelley said in an email that the duo will also follow mutual conversions and cover issues such as prepaid cards, credit sponsorship in marketplace lending, health savings accounts and tax preparation products.
Stifel Financial, which recently agreed to buy Sterne Agee, has been working to divvy up portions of the Birmingham, Ala., firm, including its
