Topics covered: Rise of Commercial and Industrial Lending, Regulatory Outlook Gains Clarity, Regulatory Obstacles and Fee Income Replacement, Prolonged Interest Rate Environment Challenges, Pockets of Growth in Northeastern Banking, Midcap Market Share Gains, Interest Rates and Loan-Growth Strategies, Annualized Loan Growth Acceleration
Companies covered: Chicopee Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBNK), Cape Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:CBNJ), Brookline Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BRKL), Beneficial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:BNCL), United Financial Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:UBNK), TFS Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:TFSL), The Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:TBBK), Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:SUSQ), Sterling Financial Corp., SI Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIFI), Rockville Financial Inc., PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) (NYSE:PNC), OceanFirst Financial Corp. (NASDAQ:OCFC), Northfield Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFBK), Merchants Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:MBVT), J P Morgan Chase & Co (NYSE:JPM), Investors Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:ISBC), Hampden Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:HBNK), Fox Chase Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:FXCB), Financial Institutions, Inc. (NASDAQ:FISI), First Commonwealth Financial Corporation (NYSE:FCF), Meridian Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBSB), Dime Community Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:DCOM), Meta Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CASH), Astoria Financial Corporation (NYSE:AF), WSFS Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:WSFS), Webster Financial Corporation (NYSE:WBS), People's United Financial, Inc. (NASDAQ:PBCT), M&T Bank Corporation (NYSE:MTB), First Niagara Financial Group Inc. (NASDAQ:FNFG), Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC), CIT Group Inc (NYSE:CIT), Signature Bank (NASDAQ:SBNY), Roma Financial Corp., Lakeland Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:LBAI), Hudson City Bancorp, Inc. (NASDAQ:HCBK), Capital One Financial Corporation (NYSE:COF), Naugatuck Valley Financial Corporation (NASDAQ:NVSL)