Financial Services >> Sector Roundtables >> May 22, 2000
JACQUELINE REEVES, Managing Director of Ryan Beck & Co., has more than
12 years of analytical experience and has spent the majority of her
career following mid-cap regional banks across the United States. Prior
to joining Ryan Beck, she was Director of Research for Putnam Lovell NBF
Securities, Inc., and also served as Managing Director of Mid-Cap
Regional Commercial Banks. Prior to joining Putnam Lovell in 1999, she
served as a Vice President, covering regional banks with Salomon Smith
Barney and Janney Montgomery Scott. Earlier in her career, she served as
a junior analyst with CSFB and NM Rothschild. She received a BS degree
from Cedar Crest College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Profile
Gerard S. Cassidy is a Managing Director of Equity Research with RBC
Capital Markets. He was a Managing Director of Equity Research with
Tucker Anthony Sutro Capital Markets, which was acquired by the Royal
Bank of Canada in 2001. He joined Tucker Anthony Sutro in March 1988 as
a Bank Equity Analyst. He is responsible for providing bank and regional
economic research to the firm's clients. Prior to joining Tucker Anthony
Sutro, he was employed by UNUM Corporation as a Senior Bank Analyst. He
began his professional career with Gulf+Western Industries as a Merger
and Acquisitions Analyst. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from
the University of Maine in Accounting and Finance in 1980. He received
his Master's of Business Administration degree from St. John's
University in 1984. He is a former Director and Secretary of the New
York Bank and Financial Analysts Association. He is currently the
President of the BancAnalysts Association of Boston, Inc. He was also on
the Board of Directors of Tucker Anthony Sutro Capital Markets. Profile
TWST: Jackie, I'd like to begin by asking you to review the performanceof the regional banking sector in 1999 and year to date. What stands out
in particular about the performance of the eastern