Us private equity firms are snapping up UK and European businesses at a rate that was unheard of only a few years ago. And this plays to the strengths of a mid-market mergers and acquisitions (M&A) specialist Baird, which has a presence on both sides of the Atlantic. It was recently the sole financial advisor to Reward Gateway of the UK on its sale to Great Hill Partners, a US private equity house. Baird's employee-owned business spans wealth management (principally in the US), asset management (with funds of some $130bn) and equity-focused investment banking. Having been founded in Milwaukee in 1919, it is no market newcomer. But its London presence dates from only 1999, when it acquired Granville, a small UK investment banking house.
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机译：美国私募股权公司以几年前闻所未闻的速度抢购英国和欧洲业务。这充分发挥了中型市场并购（M＆A）专家Baird的实力，后者在大西洋两岸都有业务。最近，它是英国Reward Gateway出售给美国私人股本公司Great Hill Partners的唯一财务顾问。 Baird的员工所有业务涵盖财富管理（主要在美国），资产管理（拥有约1300亿美元的资金）和以股权为中心的投资银行业务。自1919年在密尔沃基成立以来，它并不是市场的新来者。但是它在伦敦的业务可以追溯到1999年，当时它收购了英国一家小型投资银行公司Granville。
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