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Abstract Purpose--The purpose of this paper is to survey the landscape of recent federal securities class actions filed in state court and explore arguments for removal of those cases to [...]

(Two pie charts) Will the fixed-rate mortgage survive? Yes 87% No 13% Will there be a mortgage banking merger boom this year? Yes 33% No 67% Source: nationalmortgagenews.com surveys. Yes [...]

Mellon Group has demolished its competitors in a key custody ranking table, ahead of a merger later this year, that would make it a GBP8.6trn colossus in the global securities [...]

By Patrick M. Byrne It was the year of the deal: 2006 saw record-breaking highs in the number and size of mergers and acquisitions. That would seem to suggest that [...]

Top financial executives remain anxious over interest rate instability and its impact on their cost of funds, and they are annoyed at regulators' anti-terrorism efforts, which, they complain, frequently aggravate [...]

With its booming economy, Asia-Pacific is the place to be for all banking players, including private bankers. This at least is the result of a KPMG survey on the global [...]

BIG DEALS: 2 Megabuck Mergers First Union, Pittsburgh's PNC Lead Acquisition Wave The second wave of large interstate acquisitions rolled in last month, carrying with it a pair of megabuck [...]

Overall, interstate deals were pricier than in-state acquisitions, particularly in relation to the earnings of the acquired banks. However, last month's three biggest deals in terms of total purchase price [...]

Midwest bankers expect banks in their area to continue their consolidation trend during 1992, according to a survey by consulting firm Towers Perrin. Out of 76 respondents, 67% reported being involved in an acquisition during 1991, and 80% expect to be involved in another during 1992. However, bank mergers in the Midwest currently account for only 6% of the $31 billion in deals announced during the 2nd qtr 1992, compared to 22% of the $363.3 billion in deals since the beginning of 1991., CHICAGO - Bankers in the Midwest expect bank acquisitions in their region to remain rampant, according to a survey by Towers Perrin, the consulting firm. Four of five senior-level bankers [...]

'PRESTIGE' HAS LOST PRESTIGE. 'Luxury' is a luxury well-to-do women can forgo. Those are among the findings of a poll fielded by Applied Research & Consulting for Traditional Home magazine. [...]

NEW YORK -- The Midwest is the newest of the interstate banking regions, and that was where much of the bank acquisition activity took place last month. But it was [...]

NEW YORK -- The spate of mortgage company acquisitions by nonbanking firms in the first half of 1985 significantly changed the names and ownership of the top servicing firms in [...]

U.S. BANKER M&A LEADERS Rankings of the top advisers to financial-services companies, based on announced deals during 1988. The First Boston Corporation dominated the rankings as lead adviser to financial-service [...]

Wells Fargo Is 7th in Deposits Takeover of Crocker Tops 1986 Merger Explosion Wells Fargo Bank, San Francisco, is now the seventh largest deposit-taking institution in the United States, with [...]

Small Business Administration (SBA)-backed lenders tended to bring premium prices upon acquisition in 1994, according to an American Banker survey. The SBA has made the procedures of the 7(a) loan program more simple and more accessible to banks, and many banks are considering the increasing demand for such loan portfolios as good reason to participate in the 7(a) program. The purchase of North Texas Bancshares by First Interstate Bancorp is one of the largest acquisitions of a 7(a) loan portfolio. The Bank of North Texas generated 7(a) loans worth almost $94.1 million in 1993-94., Are Small Business Administration-backed lenders worth more to would-be acquirers? The answer appears to be yes. An American Banker analysis shows that 1994 acquisitions of banks with a heavy orientation [...]

A five-year study by SNL Securities reveals that small banks are the slowest in the industry to consolidate. The survey shows that banks with assets between $100 million and $1 billion have a consolidation rate of 11.81%, compared to banks with assets of $1 billion or more, which have a consolidation rate of 21.6% during 1989 through 1993., Conventional wisdom says that consolidation is thinning the ranks of small banks faster than those of big ones. Yet close scrutiny shows the exact opposite is true. The evidence comes [...]

CHICAGO -- Merger mania slowed in the second quarter of this year. Fewer companies looked to their checkbooks as the best way to deal with their competition. And fewer starry-eyed [...]

Top 300 Banks Increase Acquisitions in 1st Half Bank of America Retains First Place; Wells Fargo Joins Top 10; Continental Is 12th Acquisitions of other commercial banks by the nation's [...]

NEW YORK -- Most bank mergers and acquisitions are not advantageous to shareholders of the acquiring institution. That's one of the principal findings of a banking industry study conducted by [...]

Compatibility of management, management strength, and staff integration are elements considered essential to a successful merger or acquisition. Survey respondents say that a strong and deep management team is as [...]