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With $12.4 billion in assets and $1.7 billion in common equity as of September 30, 2015, Hilltop Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HTH) is a Texas-based diversified financial holding company specializing in banking, mortgage origination, financial advisory and insurance through its wholly owned subsidiaries, PlainsCapital Corporation, National Lloyds Corporation, and Hilltop Securities Holdings. Hilltop Holdings includes PlainsCapital Corporation, which is the holding company for Dallas-based companies PlainsCapital Bank and PrimeLending. PlainsCapital Bank is the 6th largest Texas-based bank by deposits. PrimeLending is a mortgage originator ranked 6th in the U.S. for purchase units in 2014. On Jan. 1, 2015 Hilltop announced that it had completed its acquisition of Dallas-based SWS. SWS`s broker-dealer subsidiaries, Southwest Securities, Inc. and SWS Financial Services, Inc., became subsidiaries of Hilltop Securities Holdings LLC, a holding company directly under Hilltop and the successor of SWS in the merger. In connection with the merger, FirstSouthwest and its related entities also became subsidiaries of Hilltop Securities Holdings LLC. On October 5, 2015 Southwest Securities, Inc. was renamed Hilltop Securities Inc. and SWS Financial Services, Inc. was renamed Hilltop Securities Independent Network Inc. Hilltop also includes National Lloyds Corporation (formerly NLASCO), a niche property and casualty underwriter providing homeowners insurance for low value dwellings. With origins dating back to 1948, National Lloyds Corporation has an established Texas presence and is based in Waco, TX. The Hilltop Holdings family of companies employs approximately 5,400 people in approximately 425 locations in 44 states and the District of Columbia.
Founded in 1990, The CapStreet Group is a private equity firm headquartered in Houston, Texas. The firm prefers to invest through means of acquisition financing, buyouts, and growth capital. The firm invests in b2b industrial supplies, BPO services, SaaS, manufacturing, fintech, health tech, and technology sectors.
GPB Capital is a New York-based alternative asset management firm focusing on acquiring income-producing private companies. GPB Capital provides their portfolio companies with the strategic planning, managerial insight and capital needed to enable strong businesses to work towards the next level of growth and profitability.
Stonybrook Capital is a specialist strategic advisory and investment banking firm focused exclusively on the insurance industry. Our independent advice is based on deep industry knowledge and expertise â from long-term industry trends to cutting-edge strategy, products and capital structures. Stonybrook clients include insurers, reinsurers, agents, brokers, managing general underwriters and asset managers, private equity firms, hedge funds and alternative asset managers. We have insights based on long experience, unmatched industry contacts and a track record of successful outcomes for our clients. We offer perspectives that go far beyond what you can find in publicly available data. Stonybrook Capital is an official member of the National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies ("NAMIC") and is the first, and only, investment bank to do so. Mr. Grassi joins Stonybrook Capital from private practice, where he advises companies in the InsurTech space at various stages of development, structures cross border transactions and serves in private corporate boards. He began his professional career in Switzerland and later as a White & Case fellow in New York. He then joined American International Group, Inc., where, during his 25 year tenure in the insurance and financial services industry, he served in M&A roles and led legal, compliance, regulatory and corporate affairs teams across 5 continents. Mr. Grassi earned a J.D. from the University of Bern School of Law in Switzerland, where he graduated âcum laudeâ, and received his Master of Laws Degree from Fordham University School of Law in New York. In addition to his professional accomplishments, Grassi is an avid pilot and holds FAA commercial certificates for airplanes and gyroplanes.