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Pursuing Growth in a Tumultuous Year

Roundtable participants Steve Klein, attorney, Graham & Dunn Michael Mayes, managing director, Raymond James & Associates Ben Plotkin, executive vice president, Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.Jean-Luc Servat, managing director, RBC Capital MarketsWith 140 bank failures in 2009, there’s little doubt the landscape for banking changed drastically during the last 12 months. Yet many banks are seizing opportunities to acquire market share with increasing numbers of government-assisted deals. Let’s talk for a moment about the dynamics of this market and what challenges and opportunities such transactions present. Ben Plotkin: FDIC-assisted transactions have developed into hot M&A opportunities over the past few months....