Zac Davis and Steve Lanter presented at 2024 Annual Convention for Pacific Northwest States

June 27, 2024

Zac Davis and Steve Lanter presented “Augmenting Capital: Capital Planning and Capital Raising in the Current Environment” at the 2024 Annual Convention for Idaho, Nevada, Oregon and Washington Bankers in Skamania, Washington. The presentation addressed the current regulatory and economic environment for capital planning and capital raises, reasons why banks may want to review their capital plans and capital raising options with an eye toward how the markets may play out over the next year plus, and the different types of capital raising options available to banks and the benefits and limitations of each.

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Lawrence M.F. Spaccasi and Scott A. Brown presented at the Massachusetts Bankers Association 2024 Annual Convention

May 4, 2024

On May 4, 2024, Lawrence M.F. Spaccasi and Scott A. Brown presented “Hot Topics for Community Banks” at the Massachusetts Bankers Association 2024 Annual Convention in Key Biscayne, Florida. The session focused on certain current matters impacting community banks, including a summary of the litigation case analyzing the constitutionality of the CFPB, the current mergers and acquisitions landscape, the proposed FDIC corporate governance guidelines, the recent FTC non-competition rule and updates on mutual capital. The presentation included the practical impact on each specifically on community banks.

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Lawrence M.F. Spaccasi presented at the New Jersey Bankers Association 2024 Annual Convention

May 2, 2024

On May 2, 2024, Lawrence M.F. Spaccasi presented “The Future of Mutual Bank Ownership Structure” at the New Jersey Bankers Association 2024 Annual Convention in Naples, Florida. The session focused on certain current matters impacting banking institutions in the mutual form, including potential developments regarding capital instruments issuable by mutual banks and mutual holding companies and developments in the area of mutual to mutual mergers and mutual holding company mergers, including the shared services model.

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