Southeast & Midwestern Banks

Topics Covered: Heightened M&A Activity, Consolidation in Regional Banking, Growth in U.S. Midwest, Regulatory Obstacles and Fee Income Replacement, Rise of Commercial and Industrial Lending

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Companies Covered: MBIA Inc. (MBI), Assured Guaranty Ltd. (AGO), CIT Group, Inc. (CIT), Comerica Incorporated (CMA), SunTrust Banks, Inc. (STI), KeyCorp (KEY), Zions Bancorp. (ZION), Conseco Inc. (CNO), Genworth Financial Inc. (GNW), H&R Block, Inc. (HRB), iStar Financial Inc. (SFI), Moody's Corp. (MCO), FactSet Research Systems Inc. (FDS), Bank of Montreal (BMO), First Niagara Financial Group (FNFG), MB Financial Inc. (MBFI), Pinnacle Financial Partners In (PNFP), Eagle Bancorp, Inc. (EGBN), BB & T Corp. (BBT), Regions Financial Corp. (RF), Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB), Bank of America Corporation (BAC), Wells Fargo & Company (WFC), First Midwest Bancorp Inc. (FMBI), FirstMerit Corp. (FMER), Huntington Bancshares Inc. (HBAN), Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc (CRBC), US Bancorp (USB), Capital One Financial Corp. (COF), Citigroup, Inc. (C), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), PNC Financial Services Group I (PNC), M&T Bank Corp. (MTB), First Horizon National Corp. (FHN), The Bank of New York Mellon Co (BK), Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS), State Street Corp. (STT), CFS Bancorp Inc. (CITZ), Laporte Bancorp, Inc. (LPSB), Taylor Capital Group Inc. (TAYC)