First Boston
- For the company after its acquisition by Credit Suisse, see Credit Suisse First Boston (known as CSFB and CS First Boston)
Company type | Private |
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Industry | Investment services |
Founded | July 12, 1932 |
Fate | Acquired by Credit Suisse in 1988 and merged into Credit Suisse First Boston |
Successor | Credit Suisse First Boston Investment banking |
Owner | Credit Suisse |
The First Boston Corporation was a New York–based
History
Founding
The First Boston Corporation was formed in Boston, Massachusetts, on June 27, 1932,
1940s
In 1946, Mellon Securities Corporation, the former investment banking arm of
By 1947, the First Boston surpassed $1 billion in new capital issues, and in 1959 it reintroduced the credit of Japan to the American markets with the first offerings by its government since 1930.
1970s
As of 1970, First Boston was considered to be part of the
By 1970, the Firm was raising more than $10 billion in new capital annually for underwriting clients. In 1971, The First Boston Corporation listed on the New York Stock Exchange developed its equity, sales, research, and trading operations. In 1978, First Boston began its highly successful London operations in partnership with
1980s and Relationship with Credit Suisse
Credit Suisse's relationship with First Boston began in 1978, when
First Boston sat at the top of merger and acquisition league tables in the 1980s, thanks to the team led by
By 1987, M&A advisory work contributed half of First Boston's profit and Wasserstein asked the management committee to divert resources to his unit from bond trading. After being rebuffed, Wasserstein and Perella quit and set up their own firm, Wasserstein Perella & Co.
Credit Suisse acquired a 44% stake in First Boston in 1988. The investment bank acquired its shares held by the public and the company was taken private. In 1989, the
1990s: Credit Suisse First Boston
Main Article Credit Suisse First Boston
After Credit Suisse acquired the remaining stake in First Boston in 1996, the newly formed combined entity was known as "CS First Boston" and over the years also referred to as "Credit Suisse First Boston" and "CSFB."[15] During this period, problems occurred within CS First Boston as teams in New York and London were managed separately and in some cases had competing salespeople covering each other's territory.
In the late 1990s, CSFB purchased the equity division of
The newly-global CSFB became a leading high tech banker, acting as lead (or co-lead) underwriter in the IPOs of
On June 30, 2005, Credit Suisse announced that it would rebrand its investment bank from "Credit Suisse First Boston" to "Credit Suisse," retiring the brand from the once-powerhouse banks.[18]
2020s: Revival of the "First Boston" Brand
On October 27, 2022, Credit Suisse announced a "radical" restructuring of its investment bank, taking "extensive measures" which will see it return to the "First Boston" brand as an independent Capital Markets and Advisory bank.[2]
Notable alumni
- Adebayo Ogunlesi, CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)
- Bruce Wasserstein, co-founder of Wasserstein Perella & Co.
- Joe Perella, co-founder of Wasserstein Perella & Co and Perella Weinberg Partners
- Richard Handler, CEO of Jefferies
- Larry Fink, CEO of BlackRock
- Scott Mead, artist
See also
- Credit Suisse
- Credit Suisse First Boston (known as "CS First Boston" or "CSFB")
- Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette (known as "DLJ")
References
- ^ Matt Levine (2021-11-02). "Stablecoins Might Have to Be Banks". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2021-11-03.
old investment bankers like to call Credit Suisse "First Boston."
- ^ a b "Credit Suisse unveils new strategy and transformation plan" (PDF). 27 October 2022.
- ^ Moody's Manual of Investments, American and Foreign: Banks, insurance companies, investment trusts, real estate, finance and credit companies. Moody's Investors Service. 1944. pp. 142, 745.
- ISBN 978-1-953295-08-8.
- ^ The Economist (1990). CS First Boston: As many names as a Russian novel. Economist Newspaper Limited. p. 90.
- ISBN 1-55587-503-3.
- ^ "Business & Finance: Old Business, New Jobs - TIME". 2010-11-25. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ Ron Chernow, "The House of Morgan (Simon & Schuster, 1990)"
- ^ The Spectacular rise and fall of CSFB, by Ian Kerr (Financial News Online - 11 July 2005) (registration required)
- ^ Jesse Kornbluth (November 3, 1991), "Chain Store Massacre", The New York Times, Books & Business, retrieved February 6, 2017 A review of Going for Broke: How Robert Campeau Bankrupted the Retail Industry, Jolted the Junk Bond Market, and Brought the Booming Eighties to a Crashing Halt. John Rothchild. New York: Simon & Schuster
- ISBN 9780671725938.
- ^ Fortune Magazine. “Merger Fees that Bend the Mind” (January 1986).
- ^ "How Wall Street Collapsed--The Last Time". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-01-19.
- ^ The amount lent, $457 million, was 40 percent of First Boston’s equity capital. See May 1990 article “The Burning Bed” in Business Week
- ^ "First Boston and its European affiliate agree to merge". UPI. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ^ “Inside Frank Quattrone's Money Machine: The rise and fall of the high-tech investment banker who was an architect of Silicon Valley's financial culture,” Business Week October 2003.
- ^ "Mack to leave Credit Suisse as co-CEO". NBC News. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-31.