Tales from Top Performers is a new series under the Street Talk banner that will feature conversations with executives at high-performing banks about their bank and experience in the sector; their view of current issues, and the greatest challenges and opportunities they see ahead. The inaugural episode features a discussion between James Beckwith, CEO of Rancho Cordova, Calif-based Five Star Bancorp, a previous winner of S&P's Global Market Intelligence's annual bank rankings, and S&P co-hosts Nathan Stovall, director of financial institutions research, and Jimmy Pittenger, who oversees the firm's US financial institutions commercial team. In the episode, Beckwith discusses how he got into banking, what he loves about the industry, how his institution has built an attractive deposit franchise and managed elevated exposure to commercial real estate, and his view on the greatest challenges and opportunities ahead.
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Ep. 106 - Banks may want to shrink rather than pay up for loan growth
Ep. 105 - Banks could see opportunity in fintech's cleansing fire
Ep. 104 - Deposits king of the bank M&A mountain amid funding hunt
Ep. 103 - Investors worry about bank liquidity, earnings drag from underwater bonds
Ep. 102 – Hopes that the bank dealmaking cool front could break in 2023
Ep. 101 - D&I focus helps Northwestern Mutual nearly double industry's blockbuster growth
Ep. 100 - KBW CEO offers optimism for bears fearful of bank liquidity, credit
Ep. 99 - Higher rates punish bond portfolios, weigh on bank M&A
Ep. 98 - Regulatory scrutiny having cooling effect on community bank M&A
Ep. 97 - Recessionary fears still keeping bank investors on the sidelines
Ep. 96 - Considering recession risks, prospects that the Fed achieves a 'soft landing'
Ep. 95 - Strategies for community banks to grow, navigate the upcoming "hurricane"
Ep. 94 - Recessionary fears in '22 overblown, Fed could overtighten
Ep. 93 - How to predict deposit betas, avoid betting too much on rate hikes
Ep. 92 - Citizens CEO discusses impact of inflation, growth through digital bank
Ep. 91 - Formerly bullish bank investor turns contrarian, saying stocks are "out of gas"
Ep. 90 - Banks should not wait on the Fed to put cash to work
Ep. 89 - Big bank cuts to overdraft fees could trickle down to small banks, spur M&A
Ep. 88 - Bank returns could fall short of Street's expectations, sparking more M&A
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