Top Asset Management & Custody Banks Investment Banks with Recent Private M&A Activity

139

Active Firms

209

TTM Deal Flow

$4M-$29M

Core Revenue Range

$500K-$5M

Core EBITDA Range

Top States by Activity

California 13%

Florida 11%

Texas 7%

New York 6%

New Jersey 5%

Key Attributes

Best For: Complex Transactions | Typical Fee: Retainer & Success fee | Coverage: Dedicated, Sector-Focused Deal Teams

Madison Street Capital

3 Closed Deals via Axial

67 Total Closed Deals

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Madison Street Capital is an international investment banking firm dedicated to the highest standards of integrity and professionalism – provides corporate financial advisory services, mergers and acquisitions expertise, valuation services, and financial opinions to publicly and privately held businesses through our offices in North America, Asia, and Africa. Our professionals draw on specialized expertise in partnering with middle-market firms in all industry verticals and niche markets to achieve an optimal outcome through a variety of transactions. Madison Street Capital's professionals…

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Apr 2026 Advised TID Inc. in its sale to EIS Operating Enterprises LLC
Sep 2025 Advised Pittsburgh Electrical Insulation in its sale to EIS, Inc.
Aug 2025 Advised American Anchor Bolt Mfg. in its sale to Salt Creek Capital
Aug 2025 Advised SBS Precision Sheet Metal, LLC. in its sale to Appian Way Capital Partners, LLC.

Cornerstone Business Services, Inc.

3 Closed Deals via Axial

28 Total Closed Deals

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Cornerstone Business Services is a boutique investment bank serving the lower middle market of mergers & acquisitions. We’re based in the Midwest but work throughout North America, and are a founding member of the Cornerstone International Alliance. We create value through acquisition searches, company sales, and valuations, with a focus on businesses with annual revenue from $5 million to $150 million.Cornerstone uses a team approach on each transaction along with our proprietary Assurance 360™ process which typically generates multiple offers, a high likelihood to close and…

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Nov 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Nov 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Jul 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Dec 2023 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

Evangeline Securities

3 Closed Deals via Axial

9 Total Closed Deals

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Evangeline Securities provides investment banking services to lower middle market companies across a broad spectrum of industries. With offices in Lafayette and New Orleans, LA, the firm offers corporate finance, securities placement, M&A and restructuring expertise. Evangeline professionals bring their collective decades of experience to each assignment, having raised institutional capital and performed advisory services for deal sizes ranging from $20 million to over $200 million.Evangeline Securities was formed by a group of top tier Wall Street professionals with the singular goal of…

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Jun 2025 Advised “Lift-Off” Pipe Supports in its sale to Delta Machine & Ironworks
Nov 2023 Advised Longbranch Retreat and Recovery Centery in its sale to Abacus Investments
Mar 2023 Advised KnowledgeVine in its sale to Alliant Insurance Services
Dec 2021 Advised The Gauge House in its sale to Marigny Investments LLC

MidCap Advisors

2 Closed Deals via Axial

89 Total Closed Deals

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MidCap Advisors, a middle market investment bank headquartered in New York, specializing in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, capital raises, ownership transition planning, business valuations, and negotiation support services for companies generating $5 million to $250 million in revenues. A business owner's definition of success is multi-faceted. For some, it is selling a business for maximum value. For others, it is effecting a smooth ownership transition to key employees or family members. And for others, the question has not been fully answered yet. That’s why our…

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Feb 2021 Advised The Eye Health Group in its sale to Beverly Capital
Sep 2020 Advised Benson Young & Downs Insurance Agency Inc in its sale to The Barnstable County Mutual Insurance Company Inc
Feb 2020 Advised Aerial Electric in its sale to IES Holdings
Nov 2019 Advised Byrne Dairy Fluid Milk Operations in its sale to Upstate Niagra Cooperative Inc.

Cornhusker Capital

1 Closed Deal via Axial

11 Total Closed Deals

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We are highly experienced Investment Bankers and Advisers focusing on the lower end of the middle market. Our sweet spot is companies with greater than $1.0 Million TTM EBITDA and less than $100 Million in annual revenues.

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Oct 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Aug 2023 Advised Avalon Communications in its sale to FSH Communications
Aug 2023 Advised BB7 on an investment from Woodlawn Partners
Oct 2022 Advised Confidential Company on an investment from Confidential Company

Vesticor Advisors

1 Closed Deal via Axial

8 Total Closed Deals

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Vesticor Advisors was founded on the principle that owner-operated companies in the lower middle market are unique and require specialized attention and advice when considering strategic investment and exit opportunities. Vesticor Advisors provides M&A and capital raising advisory services exclusively to founder and owner-operated companies. We support clients with the expertise needed to build their business through growth acquisitions, optimize value in an exit or sale, transition ownership to family or management, divest non-core assets, or raise capital. After founding, building and…

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Jun 2026 Advised Price Circuits / Circuitronics in its sale to Confidential Company
Jul 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Private Buyer
Jan 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Oct 2024 Advised Core Mechanical INC in its sale to Amalgam Capital

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Skyway Capital Markets

1 Closed Deal via Axial

7 Total Closed Deals

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Skyway Capital is a leading middle-market investment bank specializing in mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, and private capital advisory services.

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Dec 2024 Advised American Aluminum Accessories, LLC. in its sale to Gamber Johnson
Sep 2024 Advised REDCON Solutions Group in its sale to Sciath Security, LLC
Jul 2024 Advised UCPM Environmental Insurance on an investment from Bregal Sagemount
Jun 2024 Advised Aqua ChemPacs, LLC in its sale to Solenis

Global Capital Markets Incorporated

1 Closed Deal via Axial

7 Total Closed Deals

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At Global Capital Markets we specialize in middle market transactions. We take a no-nonsense approach to achieving results in virtually all situations. This approach has made us a leading West Coast financial services provider. For over fifteen years, our team has offered companies a unique blend of sophisticated financial expertise and access to the global marketplace of buyers, sellers and financiers. In order to serve our clients to the fullest extent we generally focus our services on manufacturing, distribution, service and retail companies with revenues between $10 million and $200…

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Aug 2023 Advised Aremac Associates, Inc. in its sale to TESSEC
Aug 2023 Advised L Tech Network Services, Inc. in its sale to JK Holdings, LLC
Oct 2022 Advised Weber Plywood & Lumber Co. in its sale to Sierra Forest Products
Sep 2021 Advised Endural LLC in its sale to Salt Creek Capital

Merit Investment Bank

1 Closed Deal via Axial

6 Total Closed Deals

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Merit Investment Bank is a leading boutique investment bank focused on middle market companies. We are experts in M&A transaction execution and closing. We combine decades of experience with technical expertise, tenacity, creativity, and dedication to ensure not only that a transaction is closed, but that it is closed in our client’s best interest. We deliver market-leading outcomes by applying the integrity, intelligence, insight, instinct, and intensity of a trusted advisor, with no conflicts. We provide end-to-end M&A advisory services, utilizing our…

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Mar 2018 Advised Undisclosed in its sale to Traverse Pointe Partners
Oct 2016 Advised STONEFIRE Grill, Inc. in its sale to Goode Partners
Nov 2015 Advised Pro-Vac LLC in its sale to Peninsula Capital Partners LLC and Silver Peak Partners
Jul 2015 Advised Saxton Bradley on an investment from Undisclosed Party

Victory Partners, LLC

1 Closed Deal via Axial

45 Total Closed Deals

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Victory Partners is unique, unlike any other financial advisory and private equity firm serving the middle market you will find. If you walk our halls, you will not find anyone who talks with a locked jaw or wears an ascot. None of us were sitting on the fortunes of our forefathers when we set out to build a world class firm. We have earned our reputation the old fashioned way, through hard work, perseverance, and truly understanding the tenets of entrepreneurialism. Everything we have built over the last 10 years has been around celebrating the entrepreneur. Our great economy…

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Oct 2022 Advised Signature Landscape Contractors, LLC in its sale to Appalachian Capital
Jan 2015 Invested in U.S. Organic Peroxides Division
Jan 2015 Advised Phoenix Radiology in its sale to PSS World Medical Inc.
Jan 2015 Advised Jolly Chef Express on an investment from Confidential

Corporate Finance Associates - NE

1 Closed Deal via Axial

11 Total Closed Deals

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Welcome to CFA-MidWest, the oldest and largest, mid-market, mergers & acquisition advisory firm in the region. We focus on providing a full range of M&A support services for middle market companies. We are committed to delivering results for our clients.As a business intermediary, CFA represents clients in the sale, merger, purchase, and valuation of closely held businesses. We specialize in manufacturing, distribution, and service companies who have sales of $3 Million to $100 Million located throughout the USA. We have represented clients from California to New York, from Washington state…

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Jul 2023 Advised Xaris in its sale to RiverDam
Jul 2023 Advised Oral Care in its sale to Tandartsprayktijk Kennermerland
Jul 2023 Advised Mikrona Group in its sale to WinterBerg Group
Jul 2023 Advised CLAAS in its sale to Feick

Group M

1 Closed Deal via Axial

1 Total Closed Deal

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Salient Finance is a corporate advisory firm providing consulting services covering business strategy, corporate development, mergers and acquisition, turn arounds, financial structuring and capital procurement services to established small and medium-sized companies based in North America. Our head office is located in Toronto, Ontario.

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Sep 2020 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Buyer

Hyde Park Capital Advisors, LLC

155 Total Closed Deals

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Hyde Park Capital is one of the most active boutique investment banking firms in the United States, advising middle-market public and private companies across a wide range of industries. For more than 25 years, we have delivered trusted advisory services in mergers and acquisitions, capital raising, infrastructure and project finance, fairness opinions, and strategic financial advisory engagements.Our senior bankers bring decades of experience advising founder and family-owned businesses as well as private equity backed and publicly traded companies. We are widely recognized for our expertise…

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Aug 2026 Advised Pro-Max in its sale to Madison River Capital
Jul 2026 Advised Multi-Site Veterinary Practice in its sale to National, Privately Held Strategic
Jul 2026 Advised Andrew Site Work in its sale to Crest Rock Partners
Jul 2026 Advised Five Points Roofing Company in its sale to HighPoint Exterior Home Services

PCE Investment Bankers

107 Total Closed Deals

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PCE is a leading investment bank that delivers M&A, ESOP, valuation, and advisory services to middle-market business owners across the U.S. With decades of experience, sector depth, and a people-first mindset, we help entrepreneurs and their advisors navigate complex transitions with clarity and confidence.From growth planning to exit strategy, we’re more than dealmakers — we’re long-term partners committed to maximizing value and preserving legacy. Headquartered in Orlando, with offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, and New Jersey, our national footprint ensures local insight and…

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Dec 2025 Advised JF Lomma in its sale to Bay Crane Services
Jun 2025 Advised The Appliance Barn in its sale to Grand Appliance
May 2025 Advised American Door Products Inc. in its sale to Riverbend Industries Inc.
Apr 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company

Dresner Partners

50 Total Closed Deals

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Dresner Partners is a middle market investment bank specializing in mergers & acquisition advisory, financial restructuring and corporate turnarounds, institutional private placements of debt and equity, valuation and strategic consulting. Our clients are middle market companies operating both in the U.S. and internationally. We are deeply committed to exceeding client expectations and maintaining the highest levels of integrity. Our experienced professionals have the foresight necessary to navigate through highly complicated transactions to maximize value for our clients. The Firm's…

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May 2023 Advised Vic West Importers d/b/a Grandpa Gus' in its sale to VCM Products
Mar 2015 Advised Damian Services Corp on an investment from Sterling Bancorp
Jul 2014 Advised Guardian Industries on an investment from Altra Industrial
Mar 2014 Advised G2 Partners in its sale to Excellere Partners

Cassel Salpeter & Co.

47 Total Closed Deals

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Cassel Salpeter & Co. LLC is an independent investment banking firm that provides advice to middle market and emerging growth companies in the U.S. and worldwide. Together, the firm’s professionals have more than 100 years of experience providing private and public companies with a broad spectrum of investment banking and financial advisory services, including: mergers and acquisitions; equity and debt capital raises; fairness and solvency opinions; valuations; and restructurings, such as 363 sales and plans of reorganization. Cofounded by James Cassel and Scott Salpeter, the firm provides…

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May 2024 Advised Intergalactic in its sale to Aldevron LLC
Apr 2024 Advised Bird in its sale to Third Lane Mobility Inc.
Dec 2023 Assisted Healthly LLC in securing debt financing from Corbel Capital Partners
Feb 2021 Assisted Plantation Boat Mart & Marina, Inc. in securing debt financing from Capital Provider

The McLean Group, LLC

44 Total Closed Deals

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The McLean Group is an investment bank providing mergers and acquisitions (M&A), capital formation, market intelligence, business valuation, litigation support and exit planning services to middle market businesses. Headquartered in Washington, DC's technology, communications and government contracting corridor, we are among the largest independent middle market investment banks in the nation. The McLean Group has a presence in more than 30 cities in the US and Canada, serving domestic and international clients with a broad resume of successfully consummated financial transactions. Our…

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Jun 2019 Advised CDM Fitness Holding in its sale to Spanos Barber Jesse & Co
Jun 2019 Advised KeyLogic in its sale to IIA Technologies
Apr 2019 Advised Trowbridge & Trowbridge, LLC in its sale to Enlightenment Capital
Mar 2019 Advised Phacil in its sale to ByLight

XLCS Partners

42 Total Closed Deals

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XLCS Partners, Inc. is an independent investment banking firm that provides M&A advisory, capital raising and debt advisory for select clients globally. Middle market companies and private equity funds rely on our creative solutions, thoughtful insight and truthful advice when considering exiting their companies, making strategic acquisitions, partnering with private equity sponsors and raising debt or equity capital.and raising debt or equity capital..

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Apr 2017 Advised SSP Innovations on an investment from Warren Equity Partners
Dec 2016 Advised Broken Arrow Communications in its sale to Blue Sage Capital and Private Equity Capital Corporation
Nov 2016 Advised The Industrial Graphics Division of GSI Technologies in its sale to Cypress MultiGraphics
Nov 2016 Advised White Distribution & Supply in its sale to Slate Capital Group

Oaklyn Consulting

38 Total Closed Deals

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Oaklyn Consulting is a different kind of investment banking advisor for small to mid-sized organizations. We help clients negotiate mergers, acquisitions, capital raises, recapitalizations and joint ventures.We serve founder-owned and investor-backed businesses as well as nonprofits, co-ops, and professional services firms.We have earned the trust of referral partners, who are investment bankers, investors, lenders, lawyers, wealth advisors and similar professionals.Working as consultants, or "hourly investment bankers," we help where traditional investment banking advisors cannot.Since 2016,…

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Jun 2026 Advised 911 Custom in its sale to LEHR Upfitters Holdings
Apr 2026 Advised Calmont Beverage in its sale to Baker Distributing
Nov 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Nov 2025 Advised Shotflow in its sale to Creative Force

Sterling Point Advisors

37 Total Closed Deals

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Sterling Point Advisors is a boutique mergers and acquisitions advisory firm serving family-owned and privately-held businesses. We help business owners navigate the strategic challenges of growing or exiting their businesses.

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Jan 2025 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Jan 2025 Advised Fire Safety Products in its sale to PE backed company
Apr 2024 Advised Confidential Company in its sale to Confidential Company
Feb 2024 Advised Scale Systems Inc. (B&D Industrial) in its sale to System Scale Corporation

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Firms in the Asset Management & Custody Banks Investment Banks directory are ordered based on recent deal activity on Axial. The default order reflects observed market signals rather than a subjective ranking of firm quality.

Each profile provides information about the firm’s areas of focus, transaction criteria, and relevant activity on Axial’s M&A platform. Together, these details provide a clearer view of where a firm is active and the types of companies and opportunities most relevant for it.

Based on activity on Axial’s M&A platform, the core revenue range for Asset Management & Custody Banks Investment Banks is $4M-$29M, with a core EBITDA range of $500K-$5M. Company size can be an important indicator of fit, as firms often concentrate their experience, resources, and transaction activity within particular segments of the market.

Relevant Financial Services experience can be an important consideration when evaluating a firm. Familiarity with the sector can provide a stronger understanding of its business models, market dynamics, valuation considerations, and transaction environment. The 139 firms included in this directory provide a starting point for identifying firms with relevant experience and activity in Financial Services.

Not necessarily. Many firms are active across multiple industries, so inclusion in the Asset Management & Custody Banks Investment Banks directory reflects relevant experience or activity in Financial Services, rather than an exclusive sector focus. Individual profiles provide additional context on each firm’s areas of focus and activity within the sector.

When comparing Investment Banks with experience in Financial Services, consider factors such as size range, geographic reach, and recent transaction activity. These characteristics vary across the 139 firms included in the directory and can help identify firms that align with your needs.

Axial can help you identify and connect with firms based on your objectives and what you are looking to accomplish. The process varies depending on your role and transaction needs. If you are interested in connecting with firms in the Asset Management & Custody Banks Investment Banks directory, you can request information here.

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