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IDD Magazine "40 Under 40"
17 November 2008
Steve McLaughlin featured in IDD's 40 Under 40 feature article highlighting top talent on Wall Street.
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FT Partners Advises TradingScreen on Significant Capital Raise
October 1, 2007
FT Partners role in advising TradingScreen is highlighted along with key deal points and quotes from FT Partners Founder and TradingScreen's CEO

"FT Partners helped us decide what would be the ideal shareholder structure for the future" - Philippe Buhannic, TradingScreen CEO
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FT Partners Featured in Cover Story on FinTech Private Equity
June 23, 2007
FT Partners founder is quoted in the feature article on the surge in financial technology deals in private equity.

"There are still plenty of deals out there. There are plenty of firms being created now that in five or six years will be looking for capital."
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Most Influential Deal Maker in Financial Technology
August 18, 2007
Institutional Investor again recognized FT Partners founder Steve McLaughlin among the most influential people in e-finance and a top dealmaker in Financial Technology.
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"CheckFree Buys Corillian: $245M"
February 14, 2007
Financial Technology Partners pegged the price at a 60 percent premium to market value and a 76 percent premium to enterprise value.

"People have to have the guts to hire the right advisor, which may not have the global brand name," said Steve McLaughlin, managing partner at FT Partners.
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"The Architect of Financial Technology"
February 9, 2007
Steve McLaughlin, founder and managing partner of Financial Technology Partners LP, has some advice for companies thinking about being sold: Run the business as though you are never going to sell.
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"Boutique Investment Banking Firm of the Year"
December 13, 2006
FT Partners wins three prestigious awards, including "Investment Bank of the Year" for the second time in three years.
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"The Online Finance 40"
April 19, 2006
Steve McLaughlin ranks #34 on II's 2006 list of the "most influential people on wired Wall Street." FT Partners' client Seth Merrin, CEO of Liquidnet Holdings is also on the list.
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"Booming Boutiques"
by Pierre Paulden
March 2006
FT Partners is "shaking up the corporate advisory business" and "wrestling away deals from bigger competitors."
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"Life After Goldman"
by Denise Lugo
May 24, 2004
FT Partners is featured in Investment Dealers' Digest cover story.

Steve McLaughlin is hailed as a top alumnus who applied what he learned at Goldman to create success at FT Partners.
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"Meet the Co-Opetition"
March 20, 2006
"The financial services and technology business are rife with conflicts. FT Partners' Steve McLaughlin says a little competitive cooperation can help."
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"Financing Professional of the Year"
June 21, 2006
FT Partners Founder and Managing Partner Steve McLaughlin wins "Financing Professional of the Year."
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"Undermining the Underwriters"
by Justin Schack
May 2005
FT Partners breaks new ground as IPO adviser to VeriFone and could "forever change the way companies go public."
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"Schwab Pays Big Bucks for SoundView"
by Denise Lugo
November 24, 2003
"Bankers Must Have Done an Incredible Sales Pitch"

"Observers said that SoundView's bankers may have been able to pull off such a strong closing price because they used the oldest trick in the book - playing hard to get."
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"Deal of the Year"
December 5, 2005
FT Partners wins "Deal of the Year" award as IPO advisor to VeriFone.
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"Investment Bank of the Year"
December 13, 2004
FT Partners wins "Investment Banking Firm of the Year" award for its accomplishments and deal prominence.
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Bankers eye M&A between financial-technology firms
July 21, 2004
As Wall Street's largest firms open their wallets for technology spending, investment bankers in increasing numbers are staking out ground for potential deal-making in a resurgent industry.
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"Selling on the Sly"
by Avital Louria Hahn
August 23, 2004
In Lynk's sale to RBS for $525 million, more than double the price of earlier bids, "the lion's share of the deal's success is due to FT Partners."
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"Sage Group Picks U.S. Target"
by Danny Fortson
January 6, 2006
"The price was driven up in the auction run by San Francisco investment bank Financial Technology Partners, which attracted 10 private equity and trade bidders."
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"For 35 Years, The Leading Publication Covering Consumer Payment Systems Worldwide"
"FT Partners Investment Bank"
January 2006
"One of the most sought after investment banks working the acquiring side of the payment card industry is Financial Technology Partners... It spends months on-site learning the client's business so it can promote the client's assets better than the principals of the company would. At top large investment banking firms, middle-market transactions valued at between $100 million and $2 billion are sometimes managed by the company's B or C teams."
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"TH Lee Scores Big in Liquidnet Sale"
by Mairin Burns
February 25, 2005
FT Partners arranged Liquidnet's $250 million "record-setting transaction" and achieved the "highest price that venture firms have ever paid for a minority stake in a technology company."
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"Schwab, SoundView Give and Take Independent Advice"
by Jeffrey Goldfarb
November 19, 2003
"Because we're small, we can't work on 10 transactions at a time, so we dedicate ourselves to the few transactions that we're working on and we make sure they get done flawlessly."
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"McLaughlin's New Deal"
by Justin Schack
January 2004
Steve McLaughlin has his "eyes on the prize."
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"Goldman's Mini Me"
by Heidi Moore
December 1, 2003
When Charles Schwab Corp. agreed to buy SoundView Technology Group, the Old Greenwich, Connecticut-based research and trading firm turned to Financial Technology Partners.
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"Consolidation Process Will Likely Continue in Securities Industry"
July 15, 2002
Steve McLaughlin shares his insights into future of the securities industry with the SIN editorial staff.
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"New Kid on the Block"
April 23, 2002
Steve McLaughlin discusses his vision for FT Partners.
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