Hovde Group, LLC

Hovde Group, LLC is an investment banking, asset management, and merchant banking firm. The company provides community and regional banking, thrifts, mergers and acquisitions, and capital raising services. It also offers online research and financial advisory services for specialty finance and leasing companies. Some of the completed transactions of the company include acquisition of Mid Town Bank of Chicago by MidAmerica Bank of Clarendon Hills, acquisition of MB Financial Inc by FSL Holdings Inc., and acquisition of GrandBanc Inc. by Century Bancshares Inc. Hovde Group, LLC comprises of three divisions: Hovde Financial LLC, Hovde Capital Inc., and Hovde Acquisition LLC. The company was founded in 1987 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia with additional offices in Inverness, Illinois; El Segundo, California; Austin and Plano, Texas; and Highland Beach, Florida.