Equity Research

With approximately 210 companies under coverage, the Financial Institutions Equity Research team is focused on providing deep coverage within the three key sectors of banking, insurance, and securities and brokerage firms. Although the coverage emphasis of our ten Financial Institutions Equity Research analysts is on dynamic, middle-market growth companies, the team’s go-deep research philosophy results in coverage of companies of a variety of market capitalizations.

Financial Institutions Equity Research team:

Banking
Anthony Polini
Michael Rose
David Long
Daniel E. Cardenas
Christian Stulpin
William J. Wallace IV
Donald A. Worthington

Insurance
C. Gregory Peters
Steven D. Schwartz

Brokerages & Exchanges
Patrick O'Shaughnessy

Market Intelligence

Anthony Polini

1st Constitution BancorpFCCY
Astoria Financial CorporationAF
Bank of America CorporationBAC
Citigroup, Inc.C
Community Bank SystemCBU
Dime Community BancsharesDCOM
First Niagara Financial GroupFNFG
Flushing Financial Corp.FFIC
Fulton FinancialFULT
Hudson City BancorpHCBK
Hudson Valley Holding Corp.HVB
JPMorgan Chase & Co.JPM
Lakeland BancorpLBAI
M&T Bank Corp.MTB
National Penn BancsharesNPBC
New York Community BancorpNYB
Parke BancorpPKBK
People`s United FinancialPBCT
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.PNC
Signature BankSBNY
Susquehanna BancsharesSUSQ
Tower Bancorp, Inc.TOBC
Valley National BancorpVLY
Webster Financial Corp.WBS
Wells Fargo & Co.WFC


Michael Rose

1st United Bancorp, Inc.FUBC
BancFirst CorporationBANF
BancorpSouth, Inc.BXS
Bank of the Ozarks Inc.OZRK
BB&T CorporationBBT
BOK Financial Corp.BOKF
Capital City Bank Group, Inc.CCBG
CenterState Banks, Inc.CSFL
Comerica Inc.CMA
Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.CFR
First Financial Bankshares, Inc.FFIN
First Horizon National CorporationFHN
First Security Group, Inc.FSGID
Hancock Holding CompanyHBHC
Home BancShares, Inc.HOMB
IBERIABANK CorporationIBKC
Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.PNFP
Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.PRSP
Regions Financial CorporationRF
Renasant Corp.RNST
Seacoast Banking Corporation of FloridaSBCF
Simmons First National CorporationSFNC
Southwest Bancorp, Inc.OKSB
SunTrust Banks, Inc.STI
Synovus Financial Corp.SNV
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.TCBI
Trustmark CorporationTRMK
United Community Banks, Inc.UCBI


David Long

Associated Banc-CorpASBC
Bank of New York Mellon CorpBK
Chemical Financial CorporationCHFC
Commerce Bancshares, Inc.CBSH
Fifth Third BancorpFITB
First Busey CorporationBUSE
First Defiance Financial Corp.FDEF
First Financial BancorpFFBC
First Midwest Bancorp, Inc.FMBI
FirstMerit Corp.FMER
Great Southern Bancorp, Inc.GSBC
Huntington Bancshares Inc.HBAN
KeyCorpKEY
Lakeland Financial CorporationLKFN
MB Financial, Inc.MBFI
Northern Trust CorporationNTRS
Old National BancorpONB
Park National CorporationPRK
PrivateBancorp, Inc.PVTB
S.Y. Bancorp Inc.SYBT
State Street CorporationSTT
TCF Financial CorporationTCB
U.S. BancorpUSB
UMB Financial CorporationUMBF
Wintrust Financial CorporationWTFC


Daniel E. Cardenas

Community Trust Bancorp, Inc.CTBI
Enterprise Financial Services Corp.EFSC
First Financial CorporationTHFF
First Financial Service CorporationFFKY
First Merchants CorporationFRME
First of Long Island CorporationFLIC
Firstbank CorporationFBMI
German American Bancorp, Inc.GABC
Heartland Financial USA, Inc.HTLF
HopFed Bancorp, Inc.HFBC
Horizon BancorpHBNC
Indiana Community BancorpINCB
LNB Bancorp, Inc.LNBB
MainSource Financial Group, Inc.MSFG
Mercantile Bank CorporationMBWM
MidWestOne Financial Group, Inc.MOFG
MutualFirst Financial Inc.MFSF
Old Second Bancorp, Inc.OSBC
Peoples Bancorp Inc.PEBO
Porter Bancorp, Inc.PBIB
Princeton National Bancorp, Inc.PNBC
Pulaski Financial Corp.PULB
Republic Bancorp, Inc.RBCAA
Taylor Capital Group, Inc.TAYC
West Bancorporation, Inc.WTBA


Christian Stulpin

Banner CorporationBANR
Cathay General BancorpCATY
Center Financial CorporationCLFC
CoBiz Financial Inc.COBZ
Columbia Banking System, Inc.COLB
CVB Financial Corp.CVBF
East West Bancorp, Inc.EWBC
Glacier Bancorp, Inc.GBCI
Nara Bancorp, Inc.NARA
Pacific Continental CorporationPCBK
Umpqua Holdings Corp.UMPQ
Washington Federal, Inc.WFSL
Western Alliance BancorporationWAL
Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.WIBC
Zions BancorporationZION


William J. Wallace IV

Cardinal Financial CorporationCFNL
Citizens South Banking CorporationCSBC
Crescent Financial CorporationCRFN
First BancorpFBNC
First Community Bancshares, Inc.FCBC
MidSouth Bancorp, Inc.MSL
NewBridge BancorpNBBC
SCBT Financial CorporationSCBT
StellarOne CorporationSTEL
Teche Holding CompanyTSH
Virginia Commerce Bancorp, Inc.VCBI
Yadkin Valley Financial CorporationYAVY


Donald A. Worthington

American River BanksharesAMRB
Bank of Commerce HoldingsBOCH
Bank of Marin BancorpBMRC
Bridge Capital HoldingsBBNK
Central Valley Community BancorpCVCY
First California Financial Group, Inc.FCAL
First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc.BANC
Heritage Commerce CorpHTBK
Heritage Financial CorporationHFWA
Heritage Oaks BancorpHEOP
Northrim BanCorp, Inc.NRIM
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.PPBI
Provident Financial Holdings, Inc.PROV
Riverview Bancorp, Inc.RVSB
Sierra BancorpBSRR
Timberland Bancorp, Inc.TSBK
TriCo BancsharesTCBK
Washington Banking CompanyWBCO
West Coast BancorpWCBO


C. Gregory Peters

Allstate CorporationALL
American Financial Group, Inc.AFG
American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd.ASI
Aon CorporationAON
Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.AGII
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.AJG
Brown & Brown, Inc.BRO
Chubb CorporationCB
Crawford & Company CRD.B
FPIC Insurance Group, Inc.FPIC
Hallmark Financial Services IncHALL
HCC Insurance HoldingsHCC
Hilltop Holdings Inc.HTH
Infinity Property and Casualty CorporationIPCC
Marsh and McLennan Companies, Inc.MMC
Meadowbrook Insurance GroupMIG
Mercury General CorporationMCY
National Interstate CorporationNATL
Old Republic International Corp.ORI
ProAssurance Corp.PRA
Progressive CorporationPGR
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.SIGI
Solera Holdings, Inc.SLH


Steven D. Schwartz

Aflac, Inc.AFL
American Equity Investment Life Holding CompanyAEL
Artio Global Investors Inc.ART
Assurant, Inc.AIZ
FBL Financial GroupFFG
Genworth FinancialGNW
Kemper Corp.KMPR
Lincoln National Corp.LNC
MetLife, Inc.MET
Phoenix Companies Inc.PNX
Primerica, Inc.PRI
Principal Financial Group Inc.PFG
Protective Life CorporationPL
Prudential Financial, Inc.PRU
Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.RGA
StanCorp Financial GroupSFG
Symetra Financial Corp.SYA
Torchmark CorporationTMK
Unum GroupUNM


Patrick O’Shaughnessy

BGC Partners, Inc.BGCP
CBOE Holdings, Inc.CBOE
CME Group Inc.CME
E*TRADE FINANCIAL CorporationETFC
FXCM Inc.FXCM
GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc.GCAP
GFI Group, Inc.GFIG
IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.ICE
Investment Technology Group, Inc.ITG
Knight Capital Group, Inc.KCG
MarketAxess Holdings Inc.MKTX
MF Global Holdings Ltd.MF
NYSE EuronextNYX
Penson Worldwide, Inc.PNSN
TD Ameritrade Holding CorporationAMTD
The Charles Schwab CorporationSCHW
The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc.NDAQ

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