Raymond James Financial : Investment Banking wins two International M&A Advisor awards

March 25, 2014

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Raymond James Investment Banking was honored with a pair of International M&A Advisor Awards in the publication's sixth annual list of exceptional international deals.

The "Deal of the Year" winning categories and deals were:

• M&A Deal of the Year ($100 million to $250 million): Acquisition of Actix International, Ltd. by Amdocs, Ltd. Raymond James lead banker: Stefan Jansen.
• Corporate/Strategic Acquisition of the Year ($1 billion to $5 billion):Acquisition of Harland Financial Solutions by Davis + Henderson Corp. Raymond James lead banker: Jim Bunn.

"Each of these international deals had unique challenges that our bankers worked through to ensure the best possible outcome for our clients," said Bunn, co-head of Investment Banking at Raymond James. "I'm pleased to see our hard work being recognized by our colleagues and peers and I look forward to another successful year in 2014."

The two International M&A Advisor Awards are the most recent in a string of recognition from M&A Advisor. In 2013, Raymond James was named "Investment Banking Firm of the Year" and Bunn was named
"M&A Dealmaker of the Year" at the 12th annual M&A Advisor Awards and Alper Cetingok, managing director and co-head of the security, defense and government services investment banking practice at Raymond James, was named a "40 Under 40 Dealmaker."

Award nominations, representing more than 300 regional, national and global companies, were judged by an independent jury of industry experts. The awards will be presented at a gala event at the New York Athletic Club in New York City on April 6 during M&A Advisor's International Financial Forum.