Paritosh Bansal

Position: Correspondent
New York-based Reuters M&A reporter with a focus on financial institutions, real estate and REITs.

Articles

Advisers get creative in quest for healthy bank M&A November 24, 08:06pm EST 

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Deal advisers are searching hard for unorthodox ways to pull off mergers of healthy U.S. banks in the face of a gloomy prognosis for such transactions.  Full Article 

Blog Posts

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Thain says put shareholders first

John Thain says he put shareholders first and his interests second in deciding to sell Merrill Lynch to Bank of America.   Full Article | Comments [2] 

In asset management, it's shedding season

Asset management units of financial institutions are likely to continue to find their way into the market in the months ahead, as they look to separate distribution from manufacturing, Jefferies & Co's financial institution group predicts.   Full Article 

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Uncle Sam, a shareholder forever?

How long will it take the U.S. government to disentangle itself from the financial services sector? More than 16 years, according to a new Piper Jaffray paper.  Full Article | Comments [1]