OLSEN PALMER MANAGING PARTNER CHRISTOPHER OLSEN DISCUSSES COMMUNITY BANK M&A TRENDS WITH SNL FINANCIAL

Washington, D.C. – Olsen Palmer Managing Partner Christopher Olsen was recently asked by SNL Financial to discuss the current state of the bank M&A landscape and key themes therein.

SNL Financial noted that the number of U.S. bank and thrift deals with a value of $200 million and below grew for the third straight year in 2014 and accounted for about half of the total volume of deals announced in 2014. In the article, Mr. Olsen addresses several of the key drivers behind this ongoing uptick in both overall M&A activity as well as in transaction pricing.

The discussion, featured in an article entitled “Renewed Hopes for Bank M&A Activity” can be read in its entirety by accessing the following link: https://www.snl.com/InteractiveX/Article.aspx?cdid=A-30798277-9774.

About Olsen Palmer LLC

Washington, D.C.-based Olsen Palmer LLC (“Olsen Palmer”) is an independent investment banking firm that specializes in advising community banks across the full spectrum of mergers & acquisitions. The principals of Olsen Palmer have collectively been advising financial institutions for three decades, including on over 50 M&A transactions with values as small as $4 million and as large as $4 billion. Ours is a nimble, high-touch firm, free of conflicts and driven solely to help our clients fully realize their strategic goals and maximize long-term value.