June 19, 2024 – SLB Capital Advisors shared observations on the wave of recent bank sale leasebacks with S&P Global
SLB Capital Advisors’ Managing Partner Scott Merkle shared observations on the wave of recent bank sale leasebacks with S&P Global
Scott Merkle, managing partner at SLB Capital Advisors, an advisory firm that specializes in sale-leasebacks, said he has observed an uptick in the transactions involving community banks in particular.
The potential gain on sale from sale-leaseback deals became especially attractive for banks following the bank failures in 2023 because they can be a “highly effective tool” for offsetting unrealized losses in banks’ bond portfolios, Merkle said.
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