This week's editors' picks include a feature on Hanmi Financial's pending deal with SWNB Bancorp and a data dispatch on the rising number of IPOs during Jay Clayton's first year as SEC chair.
I-banks eyeing lucrative fees as large-bank M&A returns
The passage of tax reform seemed to have a chilling effect on larger transactions, with no U.S. depository acquisitions with values over $1 billion coming to market for close to 10 months.
Despite CRE-heavy deal, Hanmi still focused on diversifying loan mix
Hanmi Financial Corp. executives say despite SWNB Bancorp Inc.'s high commercial real estate loan concentration, the combined company's scale in Texas will help it diversify its loan mix.
Trend of declining IPOs starting to reverse in Clayton's first year at SEC
Companies seem to have welcomed SEC Chairman Jay Clayton's efforts to ease the barriers to enter the public markets. The number of IPOs during his first year as chairman rose about 24% from the previous yearlong period.
US bank margin expansion stalls
Despite continued increases in both short- and long-term rates in the first quarter, loan yields only moved modestly higher.
Credit union growth continues as total membership passes 114 million
U.S. credit unions had 114.1 million members at the end of the first quarter of 2018, representing year-over-year growth of 4.3%.
