On June 30, 2022, Berkshire Hills Bancorp, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, the holding company for Berkshire Bank, completed a public offering of $100.0 million of its 5.50% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2032.
Read More...On June 17, 2022, Northfield Bancorp, Inc., Woodbridge, New Jersey, the holding company for Northfield Bank, completed a private offering of $62.0 million of its 5.00% Fixed-to-Floating Rate Subordinated Notes due 2032.
Read More...Zac Davis presented at the Connecticut Bankers Association’s 2022 Legislative Update on June 14, 2022. The presentation titled “Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act and its Preemption of State LIBOR Transition Legislation” focused on the provisions of the federal Adjustable Interest Rate (LIBOR) Act passed into law on March 15, 2022, including the various options for transitioning away from LIBOR under the Act and steps that financial institutions can take to position themselves for the transition in advance of the cessation of USD LIBOR on June 30, 2023.
Read More...On June 13, 2022, Tom Hutton presented, together with a professional from NFP Executive Benefits, at the 132nd Annual Meeting of the Tennessee Bankers Association. The presentation reviewed common elements of an effective executive compensation program and focused on using employment agreements, change in control agreements, deferred compensation arrangements, and life insurance arrangements to attract and retain management-level employees. The presentation discussed not only the general design of these arrangements, but the importance of coordinating arrangements with one another in order to avoid unintended consequences, as well as the funding of these arrangements and how these arrangements work in mergers and acquisitions.
Read More...On June 1, 2022, NuMark Credit Union, Joliet, Illinois, announced that it had entered into a purchase and assumption agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets and assume substantially all of the liabilities of Pioneer State Bank, Earlville, Illinois.
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