Chad Abraham

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer & Head of Financial Services, PIPER SANDLER COS

Search every verified Chad Abraham interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Chad Abraham, chairman and CEO of Piper Sandler, discussed the company’s financial results and market conditions during earnings calls in 2024 and 2025. In the second quarter 2025 call, he said conditions for depository M&A had continued to improve, citing quicker regulatory approvals and increased announcement pace. He also noted a pickup in IPOs, particularly in medtech, after several slow years, and mentioned a significant hire to support secondary market activity for sponsor clients. In earlier calls, Abraham described a slow third quarter for corporate financing in 2024, attributing part of the slowdown to market conditions and some larger equity deals slipping into October. He said the company started October strongly in equity capital markets and expected a stronger fourth quarter for debt capital markets. He also characterized sponsor-related M&A as improving slowly, with financing available for middle-market deals but not yet a strong environment. Regarding recruiting, he said the firm maintained similar hiring levels in 2023 despite tough market conditions and expected announcements in the second and third quarters of 2024.