US bank mergers and initial public offerings took a dive during the Biden administration thanks to economic and regulatory pressures, but prospects are growing for a dealmaking resurgence next year.
The incoming Trump administration is widely expected to ease bank merger review guidelines that Biden’s federal regulators put in place, and Trump’s appointees are likely to take a lighter approach in evaluating those reviews.
Meanwhile, there’s widespread optimism among dealmakers and investors that bank stocks will rise amid a broader upswing in the markets, making bank mergers and IPOs more attractive.
“There’s a good amount of pent-up demand to uncoil,” ...
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