On November 17th, 2014, Generational Capital Markets (GCM) was awarded two prestigious 2014 M&A Awards from The M&A Advisor: Financial Services Deal of the Year – Acquisition of American Claims Services by York Risk Services Group (Deal team of Chris Heckert and Brenen Hofstadter)and M&A Deal of the year (10mm-25mm) – Acquisition of UST Corporation by Tregaron Capital (Deal team of John Poythress and Don Ho).

“The award winners represent the best of the M&A industry in 2014 and earned these honors by standing out in a group of very impressive finalists,” said David Fergusson, Co-CEO and president of The M&A Advisor. “From lower middle market to multi-billion dollar deals, we are recognizing the leading transactions, firms and individuals that represent the highest levels of performance.”

The 13th Annual M&A Advisor Awards Gala honored the leading deal teams, firms and professionals whose activities set the standard for M&A transactions. This year, over 130 nominees, representing over 600 companies, became finalists for the awards.

Accepting the awards for GCM at the gala held at the New York Athletic Club was Brenen Hofstadter. Hofstadter said, “These awards have become the gold standard of excellence in our industry and this is the most competitive field I have seen — we are very pleased to have won.” Hofstadter is president of GCM, holds an MBA, CM&AA, securities licenses, and is a member of AM&AA and Mensa.

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