The insider transactions over the last year and high insider ownership suggest that Northern Trust insiders are optimistic about the company's future.

Graseck opines Citigroup would benefit most from lighter Basel endgame rules, with its stock at 0.5x book value per share, enabling accretive stock buybacks. Bank of America's upgrade is mainly due to valuation, while Goldman Sachs is highly exposed to a capital markets rebound. BNY Mellon's commitment to positive operating leverage contrasts with peer trust banks, and Northern Trust faces near-term headwinds on net interest income, expenses, and a less compelling capital return story.

U.S. banking regulators on Tuesday unveiled plans to force regional banks to issue debt to protect depositors in the event of more failures.
All American banks with at least $100 billion in assets would be subject to the new requirement, which makes them hold a layer of long-term debt to absorb losses in the event of a government seizure, according to a joint notice from the Treasury, Office of the Comptroller of the...