|
|
Article: Private Equity Interest in Weak Banks Gains Steam.(Private Equity)
- Article from:
- Investment Dealers' Digest
- Article date:
- November 6, 2009
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2009 SourceMedia, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
|
Byline: Robert Barba
With capital to spend, private-equity investors are slowly following the public market back into the waiting arms of struggling banks.
Last week two Oregon strugglers, Cascade Bancorp in Bend and West Coast Bancorp in Lake Oswego, announced recapitalization deals that involved private-equity firms. Also, PrivateBancorp Inc. in Chicago, which had been grappling with commercial real-estate loan troubles, completed a public stock offering and placed a big chunk with one of its existing private-equity owners.
Donald Marron, whose Lightyear Capital LLC agreed to inject $40 million into Cascade, said that his team has met with ...