Team Liftouts as an Alternative to M&A / Evaluating Strategic Alternatives as a Prelude to a Sale / Banks’ Reaction to Shrinking Margins
By:
Sharon J. Lorman
Robert E. Kafafian
Jeffrey P. Marsico
Richard B. Trauger, Jr.
Guest: Mary Ann Scully, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Howard Bank
Podcast Show Notes:
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Topic 1: Team Liftouts as an Alternative to M&A
Start time 6:20
Our guest, Mary Ann Scully, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Howard Bank, announced last week that they recently hired three BB&T commercial relationship managers. Howard Bank is a $989 million dollar bank headquartered in Ellicott City, Maryland.
Also, United Community Banks of Blairsville, GA, a $10.4 billion-asset company hired a four-person team from Community & Southern Bank in Atlanta that specializes in financing senior-care facilities. (C&S was sold last month to Bank of the Ozarks for $800 million.) The team has been able to tap into positive trends, originating more than $400 million of senior-care-related loans last year, and has booked $80 million in loans since joining United.
Are team lift outs more advantageous than M&A?
Topic 2: Evaluating Strategic Alternatives as a Prelude to a Sale
Start time 23:50
Anchor Bancorp in Lacey, Washington, which has been facing pressure from a prominent activist investor to sell itself, has hired an investment bank to explore strategic options. The $419 million-asset company said in a press release Monday that it had hired Keefe, Bruyette & Woods to assist in a process that could include a sale. What is the handicap that Anchor sells?
Topic 3: Banks’ Reaction to Shrinking Margins
Start time 30:45
Net interest margins have only gotten tighter this year. American Banker, in a slideshow, took a look at the reasons why, how much some banks are hurting and what certain institutions are doing to relieve the pressure.
Watch for episode 9 of This Month in Banking to be released on Wednesday, September 28, 2016 and a new episode on the last Wednesday of every month.
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