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Episode 74

Steve Tipler Piper Sandler

Oct 1, 2025 50 min 35 sec
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Overview

Middle Market Musings kicks off its fifth season with a true survivor.

Steve Tipler is managing director in the Financial Sponsors group at Piper Sandler Companies. He has survived a lifetime of Minnesota winters, a long-tenured friendship with Charlie Gifford, 20 years in the investment banking business and becoming a parent in the 1990s and in the 2020s. He shares all in a wide-ranging discussion. Valuable insights include his thoughts on the Piper Sandler platform as well as the world of sponsor coverage, post-pandemic.

Andy and Charlie are rusty (stated politely) after a summer off, but with such low ceilings for competence and engagement, they quickly return to “peak” form.

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