Tokyo-based Daiwa Securities Group Inc. has formed DCS Advisory, a new North America-based advisory firm that will focus on providing merger and acquisition advice and private capital raising for companies powering the growth economy.
The advisory firm combines the operations of Sagent Advisors LLC and Signal Hill Holdings LLC. Daiwa acquired Sagent in September 2017 and closed its deal for Signal Hill in November 2017.
DCS Advisory will be led by an operating committee consisting of leadership from each of Sagent's and Signal Hill's management. Scott Wieler, the founder and chairman of Signal Hill, will serve as chairman; Eric Edmondson, a managing director of Signal Hill, will serve as vice chairman; and Joe Donohue and Bill Kohr, Sagent's co-CEOs, will serve as co-presidents.
The company will have seven U.S. offices. Its coverage sectors include aerospace, defense and government services; business and tech-enabled services; industrials; consumer, retail and leisure; media and telecom; and technology and software.
