Joseph V. Rizzi is a senior strategist at CapGen Financial Group, a private-equity firm. He spent 24 years at ABN Amro Group and LaSalle Bank.

Increase Bank Dividends? Not So Fast
February 20, 2013 Properly measured and appropriately set capital levels have a long way to go before becoming excessive.

Private Equity Must Get More Hands-On in Bank Investments
March 9, 2012 The strategy of purchasing troubled banks at depressed prices no longer works. The focus should now be on long-term...

Change Your Bank Before Shareholders Make You Do It
January 31, 2012 Shareholders, forgotten in post-crisis banking, are rediscovering their rights and beginning to challenge bank managements.

Bankers Must Resist the Growth Imperative
January 9, 2012 Expansion, with its subpar returns, may make the kingdom bigger, but its citizen investors will be poorer as it traps capital...

MF Global is the Final Nail in the Principal Banking Coffin
December 8, 2011 Jon Corzine led the trend of large institutions placing more focus on their own accounts than their clients, while heading...

Bank Shareholders, Beware of Stock Repurchases
October 27, 2011 Repurchases can be used to disguise poor growth through manufactured earnings per share expansion.