mergers-acquisitions

Midsize Banks Will Drive M&A Surge

09/19/13

Mid-size players will seek to increase geographic coverage, acquire deposits with little-to-no premium and attract clients away from their competition through mergers and acquisitions.

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The Return of Bank M&A Deals That Actually Add Value

09/06/13

Recent acquisitions by MB Financial and PacWest illustrate how deals can add value. M&A is returning as a valid alternative for implementing strategy that will reshape the industry.

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How Dodd-Frank Makes M&A More Difficult

08/21/13

With a wave of mergers and acquisitions inevitable, a new set of regulatory hurdles have evolved for large financial entities and community banks alike.

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Why Bank M&A Is Good for Buyers, Sellers and the Economy

08/09/13

Consolidation is needed to help the economy because there are too many banks, argues the author, a longtime bank investor. Many parties benefit from deals, and any return for the seller is better than producing poor results or being seized by regulators.

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Why Most Bank M&A Deals Are Duds

08/08/13

Buyers, sellers and shareholders rarely profit from bank acquisitions, the author argues. There are too many things that have to go right in the pricing and integration, and there is too much that can go wrong.

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Keeping Deal Information Confidential in a Digital World

08/07/13

Technologies like webcasts, email, instant messages and cloud sharing are making it harder to maintain confidentiality and attorney-client privilege in deal negotiations.

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Banks Must Lower Expectations to Jump-Start M&A

06/27/13

Institutions need to realize that, given the relative health of their asset portfolios and the current regulatory environment, valuations and deal prices will be below historical averages.

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Why Bank M&A Is About People as Much as Numbers

06/21/13

Two American Banker staffers who cover mergers and acquisitions have a confession to make. We sometimes get so enmeshed in the arcane numbers behind bank deals that we overlook what really makes them tick: the human element.

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Where Are the Economies of Scale We Were Promised?

06/06/13

Lowering overhead (relative to assets) would be a powerful motivator for a bank to get big, fast. But the savings just aren't there.

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Behind the Bank M&A Drought

05/13/13

Bank M&A “rainmakers” have been trying to make it rain for years. Most have little to show for it. Buy-side advisers that have made it rain often end up with disappointed clients.

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