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Eastern Bank eschews M&A in face of investor complaint

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Eastern Bank decided against pursuing mergers and acquisitions after receiving an investor complaint. The bank stated it had reached the appropriate size to compete effectively without needing a larger regional partner.

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Original Source Material

Activist investor HoldCo Asset Management urged the bank to sell to a larger regional, such as M&T. Executives Friday said Eastern, after completing a deal last October, had attained “the size and scale to compete effectively.”