Financial Services >> Sector Roundtables >> June 14, 1999

Roundtable Forum: Eastern Regional Banks

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
DON KAUTH is a Vice President at BT Alex. Brown Incorporated. Previously, he was associated with First Albany Corporation. He has been quoted regularly in local as well as national publications and is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of New York. Mr. Kauth received his Bachelor's degree at Siena College and M.B.A. at Union College. Profile
TWST: Gerard, how have the regional bank stocks performed over the last

12 months, and how do you compare the last year's performance to that of

the many years you've been telling readers about