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Jan 23
2013

DUE-DILIGENCE: LAST STOP BEFORE THE MERGER COMMENCES--OR DIES

Posted by Jeff Gerrish in Jeff Gerrish on Community Banking

Part 6, concluding Jeff's mergers and acquisitions series: Handling due diligence--and who it protects

Jan 09
2013

TICK, TICK, TICK ... KA-CHING!! UNSOLICITED OFFERS AND BETTERING THE DEAL

Posted by Jeff Gerrish in Jeff Gerrish on Community Banking

Fifth in a series: Maximizing shareholder return once clock starts

Dec 19
2012

UNSOLICITED OFFERS: THE RULES, REAL LIFE, AND REAL LIFE UNDER THE RULES

Posted by Jeff Gerrish in Jeff Gerrish on Community Banking

Fourth in a series: How far can "no" go if money says "yes"?

Dec 13
2012

WHEN THEY SHOW THE COLOR OF THEIR MONEY

Posted by Jeff Gerrish in Jeff Gerrish on Community Banking

Third in a series: What the Board must do when unasked-for offer gets concrete

Nov 29
2012

HANDLING THE UNASKED-FOR OFFER

Posted by Jeff Gerrish in Jeff Gerrish on Community Banking

Part 2 of M&A series: You were minding your own business when someone tried to buy you...

Nov 16
2012

GETTING YOUR BANK READY FOR INCREASED M&A

Posted by Jeff Gerrish in Jeff Gerrish on Community Banking

First in a series about community bank consolidation, for all players

Oct 31
2012

THINKING BACK, AND FORWARD, ON THAT WONDERFUL FELLOW, THE ‘REGULATOR FROM HELL'

Posted by Jeff Gerrish in Jeff Gerrish on Community Banking

Has he retired, mellowed, or changed over to compliance?
Oct 12
2012

TWO MUSTS FOR PLANNING THAT WORKS: FOCUS ON ESSENTIALS--AND HIRING THE BAD GUY

Posted by Jeff Gerrish in Jeff Gerrish on Community Banking

Final installment in six-part series
Sep 28
2012

DO YOU REALLY NEED A MISSION STATEMENT?

Posted by Jeff Gerrish in Jeff Gerrish on Community Banking

Fifth in Jeff's series about avoiding wasted planning efforts
Sep 07
2012

4 C'S OF PLANNING, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM WORK FOR YOU

Posted by Jeff Gerrish in Jeff Gerrish on Community Banking

Fourth in a series of blogs on avoiding wasted planning