Topics covered: Rise of Commercial and Industrial Lending, Regulatory Obstacles and Fee Income Replacement, Heightened M&A Activity, Growth in U.S. Midwest, Consolidation in Regional Banking
Companies covered: Taylor Capital Group Inc., SunTrust Banks, Inc. (NYSE:STI), Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF), Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ:PNFP), MB Financial Inc. (NASDAQ:MBFI), KeyCorp (NYSE:KEY), Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ:FITB), Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EGBN), BB&T Corporation (NYSE:BBT), Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC), Zions Bancorporation (NASDAQ:ZION), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), U.S. Bancorp (NYSE:USB), State Street Corporation (NYSE:STT), PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) (NYSE:PNC), Northern Trust Corporation (NASDAQ:NTRS), M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE:MTB), J P Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Huntington Bancshares Incorporated (NASDAQ:HBAN), First Horizon National Corporation (NYSE:FHN), Citigroup Inc. (NYSE:C), Bank Of New York Mellon Corporation (The) (NYSE:BK), iStar Financial Inc., Moody's Corporation (NYSE:MCO), MBIA, Inc. (NYSE:MBI), H&R Block, Inc. (NYSE:HRB), Genworth Financial Inc (NYSE:GNW), First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:FNFG), FactSet Research Systems Inc. (NYSE:FDS), CNO Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE:CNO), Comerica Incorporated (NYSE:CMA), CIT Group Inc (NYSE:CIT), Bank Of Montreal (NYSE:BMO), Assured Guaranty Ltd. (NYSE:AGO), LaPorte Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:LPSB), First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:FMBI), FirstMerit Corporation (NASDAQ:FMER), Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc, Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF), CFS Bancorp Inc., Baylake Corp (NASDAQ:BYLK)
