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Activist investors are turning their sights back toward banks after going easier on them than on other industries in recent years. Look for the next bank M&A wave to be fueled by aggressive hedge funds as they push for board seats and ultimately sales of financial institutions.
January 31
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PL Capital is raising money for a new fund that'll target banks with up to $75 billion of assets, after 20 years of sticking to just community banks with less than $3 billion of assets. In this Q&A, Richard Lashley explains why activist investors are eyeing bigger banks now and how banks can avoid his kind.
January 31 -
The hedge fund Bluestone Financial Partners has investments in a handful of banks that it views as takeout targets, but its founder, Ted Peters, says he would never agitate for a sale. Here's why he values the pacifist approach.
January 31 -
Univest believes its subscription-based pricing model may have solved a persistent fee conundrum charging small-business customers for various services without irking them.
January 31 -
The way the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is regulating the auto finance industry's relationships with dealers is simply wrong both legally and ethically according to Blair Evans of Baker Donelson. It's also directly counterproductive to its goal of protecting consumers, she says.
January 25
