Industry News
United Financial of Massachusetts is buying Connecticut's New England Banchares in a deal that makes a lot of strategic sense. Yet investors have given the buyer a rousing thumbs-down.
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Kip Weissman, partner with law firm Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick in Washington, says lack of options for small banks has more of them weighing whether to partner with similarly sized rivals.
May 31 -
Kip Weissman, partner with law firm Luse Gorman Pomerenk & Schick in Washington, says handful of shareholder spats around the country shows how more insurgent investors in small banks are "looking for a sale" to "make a nice return."
May 29
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With Dodd-Frank and a sluggish economy as background, M&A experts met in New York earlier this week and shared insights into the future of bank deal-making.
May 23 -
The flagging bank M&A market needs a revival. This week bank executives and investors are sharing strategies to bring back the deals.
May 21 -
As acquisition financing deals pick up, big banks are seeing a growing number of opportunities to sponsor loans to corporate borrowers.
May 14 -
A tiny merger in Maine could prove a test case for a type of deal that risk-averse acquirers have been struggling to pull off.
May 8 -
Mergers and acquisitions enjoyed a notable uptick in the first quarter. Now financial dealmakers are hotly debating whether it's a one-quarter wonder or the beginning of a much-heralded consolidation.
April 30 -
As bank earnings come rolling in, signs of life are reemerging even as the pressure to cut costs remains intense.
April 17 -
With big deals still lacking, some bankers including Umpqua's Ray Davis are resorting to several small ones to move the needle.
April 11
