Laurentian Bank starts strategic review, possible sale
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Laurentian Bank of Canada, which has been working on a turnaround under a new chief executive officer since late 2020, has started a strategic review that may lead to a sale.
The review is intended to “maximize shareholder and stakeholder value,” the bank said Tuesday. It has hired JPMorgan Chase & Co. to approach potential buyers, La Presse and the Globe and Mail separately reported Tuesday. The process started after a rival bank made a bid for Laurentian, the Globe said, citing people it didn’t name.
Laurentian hired former Bank of Nova Scotia executive Rania Llewellyn as CEO in October 2020, becoming the first publicly traded Canadian bank to be led by a woman. The firm is Canada’s eighth-largest bank by total assets, according to data compiled by Bloomberg, and has a market capitalization of about $1.5 billion (US$1.1 billion).
“While the review is underway, the management team remains committed to executing on the bank’s strategy and fiscal 2023 priorities of delivering excellent customer service, a focus on deposits and optimizing its funding structure,” the Montreal-based lender said in a statement.
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