LOS ANGELES, Aug. 29, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- B. Riley & Co., LLC (“B. Riley”), a full service investment bank and wholly-owned subsidiary of B. Riley Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:RILY), served as the exclusive financial advisor to A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. (“A-Mark”) in connection with its acquisition of assets of Goldline International, a leading direct retailer of precious metals to the investor community. The transaction closed August 28, 2017.
A-Mark is a full-service precious metals trading company and an official distributor for all the major sovereign mints. B. Riley assisted in the financial analysis, due diligence, structuring and negotiating the transaction. The B. Riley deal team was led by Managing Director Steve Reiner and Associate Erik Bullock.
“The B. Riley team worked diligently in advising us over the course of the process, while structuring a favorable outcome for all parties involved,” said A-Mark CEO, Greg Roberts. “Not only does this acquisition enable us to be the exclusive supplier to Goldline, but it also presents us with a substantial opportunity to leverage their platform to upsell and cross-sell our value-added services to its current and potential customers.”
“This transaction provided a unique opportunity for A-Mark to significantly grow its customer base and enhance its platform,” said Reiner. “We thank A-Mark for selecting B. Riley as its financial advisor and for inviting our team to partner with them on this transformative acquisition.”
About A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc.
A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. is a full-service precious metals trading company and an official distributor for many government mints throughout the world. The company offers gold, silver, platinum and palladium in the form of bars, plates, powder, wafers, grain, ingots and coins. Its Industrial unit services manufacturers and fabricators of products utilizing or incorporating precious metals, while its Coin & Bar unit deals in over 200 coin and bar products in a variety of weights, shapes and sizes for distribution to dealers and other qualified purchasers. The company operates trading centers in El Segundo, California, and Vienna, Austria, for buying and selling precious metals.
About B. Riley & Co.
B. Riley & Co., LLC is a leading investment bank which provides corporate finance, research and sales and trading to corporate, institutional and high net worth individual clients. Investment banking services include initial, secondary and follow-on offerings, institutional private placements and merger and acquisitions advisory services. The firm is nationally recognized for its highly ranked proprietary equity research. B. Riley & Co., LLC is a member of FINRA and SIPC.
B. Riley Financial, Inc. is a publicly traded, diversified financial services company which takes a collaborative approach to the capital raising and financial advisory needs of public and private companies and high net worth individuals. The Company operates through several wholly-owned subsidiaries, including B. Riley & Co., LLC, FBR Capital Markets & Co., Wunderlich Securities, Inc., Great American Group, LLC, B. Riley Capital Management, LLC (which includes B. Riley Asset Management, B. Riley Wealth Management, and Great American Capital Partners, LLC) and B. Riley Principal Investments, a group that makes proprietary investments in other businesses, such as the acquisition of United Online, Inc.