Piper Sandler Cos. engages in the provision of investment banking and institutional securities services. The company is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota and currently employs 1,845 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2003-12-19. The firm operates in one segment, providing investment banking services, institutional sales and trading services for various equity and fixed income products, and research services. The company provides a broad set of products and services, including financial advisory services; equity and debt capital markets products; public finance services; institutional brokerage services; fundamental equity and macro research services; fixed income services; and alternative asset management strategies. The firm operates alternative asset management funds in merchant banking and healthcare in order to invest firm capital and to manage capital from outside investors. The company offers both equity and fixed income advisory and trade execution services.