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AimBank also has six full service banking centers in Northeastern New Mexico. The bank serves Lubbock, Midland-Odessa, Amarillo, Abilene and other surrounding West Texas communities from 19 full-service banking centers. The combined bank will operate under the name FirstBank & Trust.ĪimBank is a full-service community bank with approximately $1.85 billion in total assets, $1.12 billion in total net loans outstanding and $1.60 billion in total deposits as of September 30, 2020. (“AIM”), headquartered in Levelland, Texas, at the close of business on December 4, 2020.ĪIM first merged into AimBank, and immediately thereafter, AimBank merged with and into FirstBank & Trust, Heartland’s wholly-owned subsidiary headquartered in Lubbock, Texas. (“Heartland”) (NASDAQ: HTLF) announced today the completion of its acquisition of AimBank, the wholly-owned subsidiary of holding company AIM Bancshares, Inc. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) - Heartland Financial USA, Inc. His research has appeared in leading outlets such as the Journal of Financial Economics, Journal of Financial Research, Journal of Portfolio Management, Journal of Futures Markets, Financial Analysts Journal, Journal of Wealth Management, Journal of Fixed Income, Journal of Investing, Journal of Alternative Investments, Journal of Real Estate Finance and Economics, and Financial Review.Combination of FirstBank & Trust and AimBank Creates Heartland’s Largest Community Bank and Significantly Expands Heartland’s Presence in West TexasĭUBUQUE, Iowa and LEVELLAND, Texas, Dec. Mercer has received competitive research awards from The Research Foundation of the CFA Institute, The Chicago Investment Analysts Society, The Foundation for Managed Derivatives Research, and the Kemper Foundation. Mercer, or press coverage of his work, has appeared on or in Forbes, ABC World News This Morning, CNN.com, BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, USAToday, SmartMoney, Financial Times, The MotleyFool, Fox Business News, and The CBS Early Show.ĭr. He was also on the Graduate Business Faculty at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Illinois, where he held positions as faculty member, Finance Department Chair, and Acting Associate Dean of the College of Business.ĭr. Mercer was Vice President and Director of Research at Ibbotson Associates, a Chicago-based global investment consulting firm. Mercer has received the President’s Excellence in Teaching Award and twice received the College of Business’ Lockheed Martin Excellence in Teaching Award. Mercer teaches courses in these areas at the undergraduate, MBA, and doctoral levels. His areas of expertise include security valuation, investment management, risk management, and derivative securities. Jeff Mercer holds the Centennial Bank Chair in Finance and is Director of the Institute for Banking and Financial Studies in the Rawls College of Business at Texas Tech University. Raised on a cotton farm in West Texas, Eric now enjoys golf, water sports, traveling and visiting his sons, Trevor and Ian.

In addition to his local involvement, Eric has had the privilege of serving as an investment advisor to the Permanent School Fund of Texas and was appointed by Governor Rick Perry as a Trustee (2009-2013) to the Texas State Teachers Retirement Fund. He has also served as the “Big Chief” of the Indian Campers of Lubbock and was formerly the President of the Lubbock Country Club. He was awarded the CFA Charter in 1993 from the CFA Institute.Įric has served his community in a number of ways including the Greater Lubbock Rotary Club (past president), Southwest AMBUCS, South Plains Council of the Boy Scouts of America (board), Ranching Heritage Association Investment Committee, Texas Tech Student Managed Fund Advisory Committee, the Junior League of Lubbock Foundation, and the Community Foundation of West Texas. In 2005, Eric, with partners Jeffrey Mercer, Ph.D., and Scott Hein, Ph.D., distinguished professors at Texas Tech University, formed Islay Capital Partners, LP, to provide management services to the Islay Opportunity Fund I, LP, a private investment partnership that was in operation until January 2008.Įric received a BBA-Finance from the University of Texas at Austin in 1985 and an MBA from Texas Tech University in 1987. Starting with approximately $800,000 in assets, the firm now manages over $190 million in equity, fixed-income and mutual fund/ETF assets for 180+ taxable, non-taxable and institutional clients.

Eric founded the firm in 1990 with the basic concept of providing institutional-type advice to small investors for a fee, an emerging concept at the time. Eric Craig McDonald is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of McDonald Capital Management, a registered investment advisory firm located in Lubbock, Texas.