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Eric Compton
EUR 98.48 For Business Accounts Only

Changing Dodd-Frank Should Increase Capital Return and M&A for Regional Banks; Expense Benefits Vary

While regulatory reform will be a net positive for banking profitability, President Donald Trump’s plans to review rules of the Dodd-Frank Act is just a first step in a long process.  Efforts to repeal or replace the law in its entirety will face significant hurdles, and we don’t expect significant boosts to profitability in the near future as a result of the rule review alone. Therefore we are not altering our fair value estimates for any of our regionals at this juncture, nor do we think moats...
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Truist Financial Corporation

BB&T is a financial holding company. Through its bank subsidiary, Branch Banking and Trust Company, the company provides banking services to individuals, businesses and municipalities. The company provides loans and lease financing, including commercial and residential mortgages; permanent commercial real estate financing arrangements; loan servicing for third-party investors; direct consumer finance loans to individuals; credit card lending; automobile financing; and equipment financing. The company also provides other services, including deposits; discount and brokerage, annuities and mutual funds; life insurance, property and casualty insurance, health insurance and commercial general liability insurance.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Eric Compton

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