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Bankers feel more optimistic about their business as crisis memories fade, and more open-minded about M&A as deal prices rise, but concerns about compliance challenges and regulators' tough reviews of merger applications are keeping their enthusiasm in check.
January 28 -
Private equity, new regulatory costs and declining benefits from failed-bank deals are some of the big factors that will determine who buys and sells in the coming year.
December 31 -
A recap of the informed opinions (and the discussions they generated) on BankThink this week.
December 27 -
When it agreed to be sold to Stifel last year, KBW was painted as a victim of weak bank M&A and the transformation of investment banking. Things are looking up now as the combined company ranked as the top advisor in four of six U.S. regions at midyear.
September 1
Talk about eager dealmakers.
When banking attorneys Rusty Conner and Michael Reed decided to join the law firm Covington & Burling, they wanted to jump right in. So they gave themselves just one weekend between their last day at law firm DLA Piper and their new gig as partners in Covington's Washington office.
"We love working with our clients," Reed says. "Why take a vacation?"
Conner and Reed are set to start at Covington on Monday, bringing a wealth of experience in mergers, acquisitions and capital markets. The lawyers, who have worked together for nearly 15 years, have handled more than 500 deals involving banks and other financial institutions.
The pair was drawn to Covington because it has "one of the preeminent financial services regulatory teams in the country," Reed says. "It also has an extremely strong corporate practice."
Conner and Reed look forward to working closely with
"Their experience and their knowledge and of course their contacts in the banking world are just amazing," Reed says of Dugan and Yingling. "They'll provide a tremendous amount to our clients."
