Financial Services >> Analyst Interviews >> September 12, 2002

East Coast Banks: Gerard Cassidy – Rbc Capital Markets

GERARD CASSIDY joined RBC Capital Markets in March 1998 as a Bank Equity Analyst. He is responsible for providing bank research to the firm's clients. Prior to joining RBC CM, he was employed by Unum Corporation as a Senior Bank Analyst. Gerard began his professional career with Gulf+Western Industries as a Mergers and Acquisitions Analyst. Gerard earned a BS degree from the University of Maine in Accounting and Finance in 1980. He received his MBA from St. John's University in 1984. He is a former Board of Director and Secretary of the New York Bank and Financial Analysts Association. He is currently the President of the BancAnalysts Association of Boston, Inc. Profile
TWST: What have you seen as the benefits of RBC's regional-impact

approach to its coverage of these financial institutions?

Mr. Cassidy: RBC Capital Markets has committed to the bank,

thrift,