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Tucker Anthony was an independent investment banking and brokerage firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. In 2001, the firm was acquired by Royal Bank of Canada and was merged with the bank's Dain Rauscher Wessels subsidiary to create RBC Dain Rauscher. At the time of its acquisition, Tucker Anthony was 14th largest brokerage firm in the U.S. with 990 account executives working from more than 80 offices across the country. The firm had a particular presence in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic including New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia as well as a strong presence in California.〔(Royal Bank of Canada Agrees to Acquire Tucker Anthony: Highlights for the Investor Community ). RBC Investor Presentation, August 1, 2001〕 ==History== The firm was founded in 1892 as Tucker & Anthony Bankers by William A. Tucker and S. Reed Anthony〔(S. REED ANTHONY DEAD.; Boston Banker and Member of New York Stock Exchange ). New York Times, March 11, 1914〕 with offices at 50 State Street. Other early partners included Phillip L. Saltonstall, Nathan Anthony and Chauncey Eldridge.〔(Tucker Anthony & Company ). ''United States investor, Volume 22, Part 1''. Frank P. Bennett & Co., 1911〕 In 1942, the firm merged with Burr, Gannett & Co., an old Boston-based firm.〔(TWO OLD-LINE FIRMS IN BOSTON TO MERGE; Tacker, Anthony & Co. to Absorb Burr, Gannett & Co. ). New York Times, June 1942〕 In 1956, Tucker Anthony merged with R.L. Day & Co.〔(Tucker, Anthony Will Merge With R.L. Day This Fall ). New York Times, August 9, 1956〕 In 1982, the firm was acquired by John Hancock Financial. During its ownership by John Hancock, the firm was operated as a division of John Hancock Freedom Securities Corporation, a holding company that also owned Sutro & Company, an investment management and brokerage firm founded in 1858 and based in San Francisco.〔(John Hancock Unit Hires Ex-Prescott, Ball Chief ). New York Times, January 6, 1988 〕 In 1996, the management of the firm led a leveraged buyout of what was then known as Tucker Anthony Sutro from John Hancock with the support of the private equity firm Thomas H. Lee Partners.〔(Sale by Hancock Is Seen ). New York Times, July 2, 1996〕 In 1998, Tucker Anthony completed a $120 million IPO, going public on the New York Stock Exchange.〔(Sutro, Tucker Anthony Plan to Go Public ). LA Times, January 8, 1998〕〔(Sutro and Tucker Anthony Banks to Go Public ). LA Times, January 28, 1998〕 In 2001, after operating as an independent firm for five years, the firm was acquired sold to the Royal Bank of Canada and merged with the Canadian bank's recently acquired subsidiary Dain Rauscher Wessels.〔(ROYAL BANK OF CANADA IS BUYING TUCKER ANTHONY SUTRO ). New York Times, August 2, 2001〕 Tucker Anthony was the predecessor of TA Associates, the private equity firm which was established in 1968 and spun-out in 1978. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tucker Anthony」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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