HLI vs IVZ Comparison

Houlihan Lokey Inc is an investment bank with expertise in mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting. The firm serves corporations, institutions, and governments world-wide with offices in the United States, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. The company operates in three segments. In the Corporate Finance business segment, it provides M&A and capital markets advisory services. Through the Financial Restructuring business segment, the company advises on some of the complex restructurings around the world. The Financial and Valuation Advisory Services business segment provides valuation and financial opinion, and financial and strategic consulting practices in the United States.

Invesco provides investment-management services to retail (70% of managed assets) and institutional (30%) clients. At the end of November 2025, the firm had $2.154 trillion in assets under management spread among its equity (62% of AUM), balanced (3%), fixed-income (20%), alternative investment (6%), and money market (9%) operations. Passive products account for close to half of Invesco's total AUM. Invesco's US retail business is one of the 10 largest nonproprietary fund complexes in the country. The firm also has a meaningful presence outside of North America, with 31% of its AUM sourced from Europe, Africa, and the Middle East (16%) and Asia (15%).