Insurance Investors In Bank Investment Group

Several partnerships that have stakes in insurers have applied for permission to acquire voting shares issued by an Iowa bank holding company.

The investor group has asked the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas for permission to acquire voting shares issued by Opportunity Bancshares Inc., Bettendorf, Iowa, and to indirectly acquire voting shares of Opportunity Bank N.A., Richardson, Texas.

The group includes Capital Z Partners III GP Ltd., George Town, Cayman Islands; Capital Z Partners III GP L.P., George Town; Capital Z Partners Management L.L.C., Dover, Del.; Capital Z Partners III L.P., George Town; and Bradley Cooper and Robert Spass.