Christina Chkarboul

C entury City-based investment bank Houlihan Lokey has leased a West Palm Beach office, joining a slew of financial companies looking to tap into the up-and-coming “Wall Street South.”

A major lender to Los Angeles' Korean American community has broadened its footprint in the local business banking market.

Total Access Elevator , an elevator servicing company based in Santa Fe Springs, has made its fourth acquisition in a buying spree aimed at gaining market share in Southern California.

T wo months into its run on the public markets, Vernon-based Reformation Inc. is facing a tough room.

E l Segundo-based Podium Entertainment , the third-largest audiobook publisher in the world, has been sold to private equity firms Shamrock Capital and Flexpoint Ford

From its Gold Rush days to its come-up as a behemoth of innovation and entertainment, California has bred wealth for nearly two centuries.

The ever-expanding, sometimes rocky world of investments beyond stocks, bonds and cash took center stage at the Beverly Hilton last week as wealth advisers and asset managers descended on Beverly Hills for the fifth annual CAIS Alternative Investment Summit.

E ncore Gas & Supply , a distributor of gas and welding supplies based in Long Beach, has been acquired by packaged gas distribution company Falcon Gases

B rentwood-based private equity firm Aurora Capital Partners has acquired Softdocs , a provider of cloud-based content management and workflow automation software to colleges, K-12 districts and government clients.

Private equity firm Manna Tree has made a majority investment in Zambezi , the Culver City-based indie advertising agency that propelled El Segundo's Liquid I.V. to a billion-dollar electrolyte drink mix brand.