Another boutique bank to go public

Aiming for the same magic that sent Greenhill & Co. to IPO success, Evercore  Partners -- the boutique banking firm by former Deputy Treasury Secretary Roger Altman and investor Austin Beutner -- will soon go public. According to MarketWatch, it would be among the smallest of the partnerships in recent years to sell shares to the public -- smaller than Goldman Sachs, Greenhill & Co. and Lazard. But the time seems ripe, and the firm can boast some big names on its roster, notably Jonathan Knee.

> Here's the MarketWatch article.