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TOP TEN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT FIRMS MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, 2011 (1)

($ millions)

Rank Buyer Industry Target Industry  Deal value (2)
1 Charles Schwab Corporation Broker/dealer optionsXpress Holdings, Inc. Broker/dealer $1,032.5
2 Virtu Financial LLC Broker/dealer Madison Tyler Holdings, LLC Broker/dealer 1,000.0
3 Jefferies Group, Inc. Broker/dealer Prudential Bache's Global Commodities Group Broker/dealer 430.0
4 Monex Group, Inc. Broker/dealer TradeStation Group, Inc. Broker/dealer 401.0
5 Nuveen Investments, Inc. Asset manager Gresham Investment Management LLC Asset manager 300.0
6 Ashmore Group Plc Asset manager Emerging Markets Management, L.L.C. Asset manager 244.5
7 Apollo Global
Management, LLC
Asset manager Stone Tower Capital/Stone Tower
Debt Advisors/Stone Tower Fund Management
Asset manager 241.0
8 Ladenburg Thalmann
Financial Services Inc.
Broker/dealer Securities America Financial Corporation Broker/dealer 220.0
9 Cowen Group, Inc. Broker/dealer LaBranche & Co Inc. Broker/dealer 188.7
10 Euromoney Institutional
Investor Plc
Media and
entertainment
Ned Davis Research Group Asset manager 112.0

(1) Target is a U.S. securities or investment firm. List does not include terminated deals.
(2) At announcement.

Source: SNL Financial LC.

 
TOP TEN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT FIRMS MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, 2008 (1)

($ millions)

Rank Buyer Industry Target Industry Deal Value (2)
1 Bank of America Corporation Bank Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Broker/dealer $47,138.3
2 CME Group Inc. Broker/dealer NYMEX Holdings, Inc. Broker/dealer 9,467.1
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co. Bank Bear Stearns Companies Inc. Broker/dealer 2,482.4
4 Blackstone Group L.P. Asset manager Apria Healthcare Group Inc. Not classified 1,600.0
5 Lone Star Funds Asset manager Home Lending Business Specialty lender 1,500.0
6 INVESCO Ltd. Asset manager Option One Mortgage Servicing Business Specialty lender 1,143.6
7 Blackstone Group L.P. Asset manager GSO Capital Partners L.P. Asset manager 930.0
8 Blackstone Group L.P. Asset manager Allied Security Holdings LLC Not classified 750.0
9 GSC Group, Inc. Asset manager Complete Energy Holdings LLC Not classified 673.0
10 IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. Broker/dealer Creditex Group, Inc. Broker/dealer 625.0

(1) Both companies involved are U.S.-domiciled companies. List does not include terminated deals. Securities and investments firm is either buyer or target.
(2) At announcement.

Source: SNL Financial LC.

 
TOP TEN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT FIRMS MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, 2009 (1)

($ millions)

Rank Buyer Industry Target Industry Deal value (2)
1 Wells Fargo & Company Bank Prudential Financial's stake in its retail
brokerage joint venture with Wells Fargo
Broker/dealer $4,500.0
2 Morgan Stanley Broker/dealer 51% of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Asset manager 2,700.0
3 Invesco Ltd. Asset manager Morgan Stanley's retail asset management business Asset manager 1,387.6
4 Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Insurance Long-term asset management business of Columbia Management Asset manager 1,200.0
5 TD Ameritrade Holding Corporation Broker/dealer thinkorswim Group Inc. Broker/dealer 581.2
6 Pacific Century Group Not classified Portion of AIG's investment advisory and asset management business Asset manager 500.0
7 Macquarie Group Limited Bank Delaware Management Holdings, Inc. Asset manager 428.0
8 Occidental Petroleum Corporation Oil Phibro LLC Broker/dealer 250.0
9 Piper Jaffray Companies Broker/dealer Advisory Research Holdings, Inc. Asset manager 218.0
10 Alternative Asset Management Acquisition Corp. Asset manager Great American Group, LLC Asset manager 152.0

(1) Target is a U.S.-domiciled securities and investments firm. List does not include terminated deals.
(2) At announcement.

Source: SNL Financial LC.

 
TOP TEN SECURITIES AND INVESTMENT FIRMS MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, 2010 (1)

($ millions)

Rank Buyer Industry Target Industry  Deal value (2)
1 AXA Insurance Portfolio of private equity funds Asset manager $1,900.0
2 JPMorgan Chase & Co. Bank RBS Sempra Commodities'
global metals, oil and European
energy businesses
Broker/dealer 1,710.0
3 Man Group Plc Asset manager GLG Partners, Inc. Asset manager 1,522.2
4 Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. Asset manager Pantheon Ventures Inc. Asset manager 1,000.0
5 IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. Broker/dealer Climate Exchange plc Broker/dealer 588.4
6 Hanwha Group Not classified Prudential's units Asset manager 425.3
7 Stifel Financial Corp. Broker/dealer Thomas Weisel Partners Group, Inc. Broker/dealer 354.0
8 Bank of New York Mellon
Corporation
Bank BHF Asset Servicing GmbH Broker/dealer 344.3
9 Investor group Not classified Artemis Investment Management, Ltd. Asset manager 326.2
10 Sprott Inc. Asset manager Global Companies Asset manager 244.2

(1) Securities and investments firm is either buyer or target. List does not include terminated deals.
(2) At announcement.

Source: SNL Financial LC.