Piper Sandler Strengthens Financial Services Group with the Addition of Dan Bass

By: Piper Sandler Companies via Business Wire

November 13, 2025 at 16:05 PM EST

Piper Sandler Companies (NYSE: PIPR), a leading investment bank, is pleased to announce the hiring of Dan Bass as a managing director in the financial services investment banking group. He will be based in Texas and focus on M&A advisory.

“We are thrilled to have Dan join our group. His transaction experience and breadth of knowledge of the Texas market was extremely attractive to the firm. Dan is well-respected in the industry and has built incredibly strong relationships with managements teams in this key region for us. We are looking forward to working with him closely,” said Bill Burgess and Scott Clark, co-heads of investment banking in the financial services group.

Bass brings over 20 years of investment banking experience to the firm. He most recently was a managing director at Performance Trust Capital Partners, LLC. Prior to that, Dan was a managing director at FBR Capital Markets and Carson Medlin Investment Bankers where he was a consistent leader in M&A deals announced in Texas. Previously, Dan was senior vice president of mergers and acquisitions with Compass Bancshares, Inc. Bass received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas and earned his Master of Science in Information Management from Marymount University.

“It’s an honor to join Piper Sandler which is the industry leader for bank M&A and capital raising. With my decades of experience in the Texas market and surrounding states, I’m excited to leverage the relationships I have built over the years with a broader platform to better serve my clients. There have been several recent deals announced in Texas, and I fully expect there to be many more opportunities for banks considering strategic alternatives,” said Bass.

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