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Corporate Profile
Duff & Phelps Corporation (NYSE: DUF) is a leading provider of independent financial advisory and investment banking services, supporting client needs principally in the areas of valuation, transactions, financial restructurings and disputes. With more than 1,200 employees serving clients worldwide through offices in North America, Europe and Asia, Duff & Phelps is committed to fulfilling its mission to protect, recover and maximize value for its clients. Investment banking services are provided by Duff & Phelps Securities, LLC. Duff & Phelps Securities, Ltd. is authorized and regulated by The Financial Services Authority.
Key Facts
| Headquarters: New York, NY, USA |
Chief Executive Officer: Noah Gottdiener |
| Stock Exchange: NYSE |
President: Gerry Creagh |
| Stock Ticker Symbol: DUF |
Year Founded: 1932 |
| Number of Employees: 1,250 |
Business Segments: Financial Advisory; Investment Banking |
Cities: 25
North America: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Morristown, New York, Philadelphia, Plano, San Francisco, Seattle, Silicon Valley, Washington, DC Metro, Westfield
Europe: Amsterdam, London, Munich, Paris
Asia: Shanghai, Tokyo
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Service Offerings: Financial Reporting Valuation; Tax Services; Real Estate and Fixed Asset Services; Investment Banking; Corporate Finance Consulting; Restructuring Advisory Services; Dispute and Legal Management Consulting |
| 2007 Annual Revenues: $341 million |
2007 Annual Adjusted EBITDA: $69 million |
Key Historical Highlights
- 1932: Duff & Phelps is founded to provide high quality investment research services focused on the utilities industry.
- 1932-1994: Over the decades, the company evolves into a diversified financial services firm providing investment banking, credit rating and investment management services to companies across industries, developing a unique strength in complex value assessments.
- 1994: The credit ratings business of Duff & Phelps is spun off and eventually purchased by Fitch Ratings; The transaction allows Duff & Phelps to fully focus on investment banking and financial advisory businesses.
- 2005: Duff & Phelps acquires the Corporate Value Consulting (CVC) business of Standard & Poor's. The constituent parts of CVC had been formed in the 1970s as part of the financial advisory service groups of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand, respectively, before being brought together through the merger of the two firms. In 2001, CVC was sold by PricewaterhouseCoopers to Standard & Poor's, a McGraw-Hill Company.
- 2006: Duff & Phelps acquires Chanin Capital Partners, LLC, one of the nation's leading independent specialty investment banks providing restructuring advisory services for middle market and distressed transactions.
- September 4, 2007: Duff & Phelps forms a strategic alliance with Shinsei Bank, in which Shinsei offers its clients throughout Asia a broad range of valuation-related services through Duff & Phelps.
- September 28, 2007: Duff & Phelps publicly lists on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "DUF."
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