JPMorgan Plans to Target Small-Company Deals as Part of M&A Push

As per the WSJ, it seems that J.P. Morgan is entering the LMM via a new “small cap” group. There midcap group has been pretty successful I would say, so interested to see how the small cap group goes. From what I understand, most small cap clients are unsophisticated and often want the touch of a small bank, but I assume it makes sense strategically given that some of the types of businesses referred to in the Wall Street Journal article already have non-IB business with Chase/JPM

JPMorgan Plans to Target Small-Company Deals as Part of M&A Push

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Idk if this is RIP to the HL/HW/Baird/Blair/Lincoln/Pipers of the world or just validation of their model and proof that there is a growing market for LMM + MM deal making. 

 

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