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Two Black Owned Investment Banks Merging to form the Largest Woman and Minority Owned Firm

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Two Black owned investment banks are merging to form Wall Street’s largest woman- and minority-owned firm.

Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co. and the Williams Capital Group will combine to form Siebert Williams Shank & Co. The new firm will be led by Chief Executive Suzanne Shank. Terms of the deal, described as a merger of equals, were not disclosed.

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Susan Shank

Siebert Cisneros Shank is one of the nation’s leading underwriters of municipal bonds and Williams Capital is a major dealer in corporate debt. The combined firm will have 140 employees and be headquartered in New York City and Oakland, Calif. No layoffs are expected because of the merger.

“By bringing together two first-class firms, we will accelerate our collective success and greatly enhance our ability to serve our clients using a strong capital base that is now significantly larger,” Shank said in a statement.

Williams founder Christopher Williams will serve as chairman of the firm, whose shareholders include Bill Thompson, former city comptroller and mayoral candidate. Former Clinton administration official Henry Cisneros will be vice chairman.

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Christopher Williams

Shank, a native of Georgia and daughter of a public school teacher, is the only African-American woman to run a Wall Street firm. “I hope I’m not the last”, she told Crain’s in a 2016 interview.

Her firm launched in 1996 after she had dinner at the Post House with Muriel Siebert, the first female member of the New York Stock Exchange. Siebert wanted to create a firm that could lead investment banking deals and asked Shank, who had spent about 10 years at financial advisory firm James J. Lowrey & Co., to run it. Shank was uncertain, but Siebert wasn’t.

“She said I had to take the job,” Shank recalled.

 

Source: Crains New York

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  5. We should talk to our Pro Athletes to help with investing in our own People an Financial Institution. This can help the Economic Base to move Forward an Expand to be ACCESSIBLE to Us.

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  7. This is GREAT I’m So Happy That More Black Owners Are Stepping Up Now Maybe We As People Will Start Believing Again🙏🙏🙏

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    • I have a Idea and Vision on how we can empower the grassroot community. I would hope one of these millionaires would take a look at my Idea. I truly need an Philampithis that has empathy for the Black Community.

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  9. I am so blessed to be a witness to the Epic historical mark being made. Sustainability is key and it sends a strong message to the creators of our future.

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