PL Capital Advisors Raises Its $FISI Stake to 8.90%

Every day, we sift through the filings to spot where the real conviction lies – cutting through the noise to highlight the most meaningful insider moves.

Here's what stood out today:

📌 Financial Institutions Inc $FISI – PL Capital Advisors boosted its 13D stake from 6.77% to 8.90%.

Run by veteran bank investors Richard Lashley and John Palmer, PL is known for activist pushes in smaller regional financials. 

Another steady ramp in ownership here.

Here’s The Hot Corner, with data from October 2, 2025:

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📌 Willow Lane Acquisition $WLAC – Hiddenite Capital Partners filed an initial 5.90% 13G stake.

A relatively new fund making noise in the SPAC space, stepping into this black check company close to its de-SPAC. 

The target company, Boost Run, operates in the AI Cloud Infrastructure space.