HLI - Latest News

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (HLI), operates in Financial Services / Investment - Banking & Investment Services, trades on NYSE.

Market capitalization stands near $8.83B. Trailing twelve-month P/E ratio is 20.69. Beta to the broader market is 0.97.

The article list below shows the most recent HLI headlines from major financial news vendors. For options traders, the most actionable items are earnings releases, analyst rating changes, M&A activity, and regulatory filings - each can drive a meaningful repricing of implied volatility and shift dealer hedging flow. Pair the news context with the implied-volatility skew and gamma exposure views to see whether the options market has already priced in the headline.

Recent HLI Headlines

Houlihan Lokey Bolsters FinTech Group with Digital Assets Hire

businesswire.com - Sep 28, 2026

CHARLOTTE, N. C.

Houlihan Lokey Appoints Prabha Sipi Bhandari as Chief Legal Officer

businesswire.com - Sep 22, 2026

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Prabha Sipi Bhandari has joined Houlihan Lokey as its new Chief Legal Officer.

HOULIHAN LOKEY INVESTOR ALERT: Kaskela Law Firm Announces Stockholder Investigation of Houlihan Lokey (HLI) and Encourages Investors to Contact the Firm to Explore Their Legal Rights and Options

businesswire.com - Sep 22, 2026

PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kaskela Law announces that it is investigating Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI) (“Houlihan Lokey”) on behalf of the co

Houlihan Lokey Expands Footprint in South Florida

gurufocus.com - Sep 17, 2026

Houlihan Lokey, Inc. (NYSE: HLI), the global investment bank, announced today that it has opened a new office in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Houlihan Lokey Expands Footprint in South Florida

businesswire.com - Sep 17, 2026

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Houlihan Lokey has opened an office in West Palm Beach, Florida, expanding its market coverage and breadth of services in S

How News Affects HLI Options Pricing

Headlines and scheduled events drive implied volatility in two distinct ways. Pre-event, IV typically inflates as uncertainty about the outcome rises; this is the implied-volatility expansion that creates the long-vol setup. Post-event, IV typically contracts sharply as uncertainty resolves; this is IV crush, which makes premium-selling structures profitable when they survive the underlying move. The size of the crush depends on how stretched pre-event IV is relative to the realized move. Track HLI's implied vs realized volatility over the news cycle to size pre-event vs post-event positioning. For ticker-level dealer positioning context, the gamma exposure view shows whether dealers are positioned to amplify or dampen post-news moves.

Frequently asked HLI news questions

What is the latest HLI news headline?

The most recent HLI headline (Sep 28, 2026) is "Houlihan Lokey Bolsters FinTech Group with Digital Assets Hire". The five most recent stories with summaries and publication times are listed above, sourced from major financial news vendors.

How fresh is the HLI news on this page?

News rows refresh roughly every 30 minutes during the trading day. The five most recent headlines are listed in publication-time order. Press releases from the company itself typically appear within minutes of the wire release; third-party reporting may lag by 30-60 minutes depending on the source.

What HLI news moves options pricing?

Three categories move single-name IV most aggressively: scheduled earnings releases (priced into pre-event IV, crushed post-event), unscheduled M&A or strategic announcements (rapid IV expansion, slower decay), and regulatory or legal events (drug-trial readouts, antitrust filings, FDA approvals). Routine news flow (analyst commentary, sector rotation) typically does not move IV meaningfully unless it triggers a cluster of rating changes.

How can I track unusual HLI options activity related to news?

Unusual options activity often precedes news by hours to days; the canonical signals are volume substantially above the trailing average concentrated in a small number of strikes, atypical put/call skew, and aggressive execution (at-the-ask sweeps or block prints). Cross-reference the per-ticker gamma-exposure and volume-history pages with the news flow above to triangulate informed vs uninformed flow.