The Institutional Risk Analyst

April 9, 2017 | This week brings the start of Q1 2017 earnings for many banks, large and small. In order to better inform the subsequent prognostications, we borrow a line from the Passover Seder and ask: why is this bank different from all other banks? This question is not only important to understanding bank financial performance and earnings, but also to appreciate the subtleties of the evolving regulatory narrative in Washington around big banks and “too big to fail.”