Regional and community lenders are turning to stock sales to help them shore up their low-yielding bond portfolios, as the US banking sector grapples with $395 billion in unrealized losses.
At least three regional banks have sold stock in the past month ahead of revamping their balance sheets as the lenders look to partly fund buying new bonds to improve lackluster portfolio returns. Investment bankers expect more deals to follow.
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