Piper Jaffray to split from US Bancorp

US Bancorp is to spin off Piper Jaffray, the investment banking business it bought five years ago, to existing Bancorp shareholders.

US Bancorp plans to offer shares in Piper Jaffray via a special stock dividend - a tax-free way of spinning the entire business off to shareholders. The deal is expected to take place in the third quarter.

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