Bank M&A Has Accelerated as Expected, Though Market Reaction Remains Muted
The market has cast a wary eye toward the stocks of most acquisitive banks. For several months now, we’ve noted that while we expected the pace of bank M&A to pick…
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For Investment Bankers, a Shifting M&A Landscape Demands Adaptability (and Creativity)
The business model at investment banking firms serving the regional and community bank sector over the past few decades has worked very well, helped by an extraordinary level of deal activity,…
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2021 Mid-Year Banking and Fintech Marketing Roundup
A very strong economy is providing a tailwind for bank fundamentals, and we are increasingly encouraged. While the vigorousness of the economic recovery is likely to vary across the country, the…
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Counter-Trend M&A Can Often Prove The Wisest Course In The Long Run
M&A waves typically reflect a “follow-the-herd” mentality. More often than not, periods of heightened bank sector M&A activity seem to be driven by a few common themes in each cycle. But…
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Surprising Trends Around Recent Bank M&A
Like the Summer Heat, M&A Activity Has Spiked, And In Many Ways Seems Fairly Conventional. A number of high-profile M&A transactions — like M&T / People’s United; Webster / Sterling;…
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The Travillian Group and The IR Group Announce Strategic Partnership to Offer Complementary Services to the Financial Institutions Industry
Philadelphia, PA and Seattle, WA – June 3, 2021- The Travillian Group, LLC, and The IR Group, Inc. today announced they have formed a strategic partnership, combining The Travillian Group’s search…
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Russell Reconstitution Update: Need to Knows – Volatility, Programmatic Selling & the M&A Effect
This has been a unique year in many ways, and that certainly applies to the upcoming reconstitution of the Russell U.S. Indexes. As we’ve discussed at length in prior updates,…
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Is a Massive M&A Wave on the Way?
Pre-COVID, the bank sector was ripe for consolidation. I remember thinking heading into this year that it was likely to be an active one for M&A, for a variety of…
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Virginia is for Mergers: Insights on the MOE Trend in Banking – an interview with two dynamic CEOs in Southern Virginia
Charlottesville, VA-based Blue Ridge Bankshares and Richmond, VA-based Bay Banks of Virginia announced a $100 million merger on August 13th. This MOE marks a possible trend that may be more…
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Gazing into the Bank M&A Crystal Ball
While I have resided in bigger cities since high school, I grew up in a small town in the South. Fishing, either from the shore or a small boat was…
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