VANCOUVER, Wash., March 4, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Riverview Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:RVSB) today announced plans to participate in a Pacific Northwest Banking Panel at the Sandler O'Neill & Partners 2008 West Coast Financial Services Conference. Pat Sheaffer, Chairman and CEO, and the rest of the panel will present on Tuesday, March 11, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. PDT.
The conference, which will be held in San Francisco, will be available in its entirety, both live and via 30-day replay, at www.sandleroneill.com
About Riverview
Riverview Bancorp, Inc. (www.riverviewbank.com) is headquartered in Vancouver, Washington -- just north of Portland, Oregon on the I-5 corridor. With assets of $844 million, it is the parent company of the 84-year-old Riverview Community Bank, as well as Riverview Mortgage and Riverview Asset Management Corp. There are 18 branches, including ten in fast growing Clark County, three in the Portland metropolitan area and four lending centers. The Bank offers true community banking services, focusing on providing the highest quality service and financial products to commercial and retail customers.
About Sandler O'Neill
Founded in 1988, Sandler O'Neill & Partners is a full-service investment banking firm dedicated to providing comprehensive, innovative advisory and transaction execution services to the financial industry. The firm specializes in strategic business planning, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, mutual-to-stock conversions, investment portfolio and interest rate risk management, fixed income securities transactions and mortgage finance restructurings. Sandler O'Neill also is a market maker in hundreds of financial stocks and publishes equity and fixed income research focused on selected banks, thrifts and insurance companies, credit card companies, investment banks, asset managers, specialty finance companies, e-finance companies and transaction execution companies. Additional information about Sandler O'Neill can be found on the firm's website at www.sandleroneill.com.