Kendall Raine Bio

Kendall Raine, Managing Director, has enjoyed a highly productive career in investment banking spanning over 30 years during which time he has advised major international financial institutions as well as middle market banks and specialty lenders, he has completed over $27 billion of financing and M&A transactions. As part of Bear Stearns’ Financial Institutions Group, Mr. Raine managed M&A assignments on behalf of a number of clients including, Bank of America, Security Pacific Bank and Union Bank of California. Mr. Raine founded and ran the Specialty Finance Group for A. G. Edwards & Sons, then the largest investment banking firm headquartered outside New York. At Edwards, Mr. Raine completed over 80 transactions for Business Development Companies, financial technology companies, mortgage REITs, money centers, and regional banks. Prior to his career in investment banking, Mr. Raine served as CEO of a United Pacific Bank and Director of East West Bank, F.S.B. Mr. Raine began his career in banking in the Asia Division of Chemical Bank in New York and Indonesia. In total, Mr. Raine has acted as financial advisor on over 100 completed investment banking transactions, having an aggregate value of over $27 billion. Mr. Raine holds an MBA from UCLA’s Anderson School and a BA from Denison University.