Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Banking Officer, First Horizon
Search every verified Anthony Restel interview, podcast appearance, and on-the-record quote — each transcript cross-checked by AI and human review to confirm speaker identity. Anthony Restel, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Banking Officer at First Horizon, was referenced in a September 2024 CNBC interview with CEO Bryan Jordan. Jordan stated that the bank had "very good deposit growth in 2023 and very good retention of those deposits," and that it managed deposit costs to balance client compensation with balance sheet funding. He said the bank is "well positioned with a strong, stable funding base" and "a strong capital base to continue to be very aggressive in the marketplace" when opportunities arise. Jordan described the economy as growing at a "modest or slow pace" with "relatively tight" financial conditions)Skip. He said a neutral interest rate environment "serves us very, very well," noting that lower rates would reduce net interest income slightly but would boost countercyclical fee businesses like mortgage lending and fixed income distribution. Regarding credit quality, Jordan said losses were 23 basis points (about $38 million) and that the bank feels "very, very good about the outlook for credit," attributing rising nonperforming assets to "idiosyncratic stories" rather than broad economic issues. He also characterized the 2023 regional banking turmoil as "more a crisis of a few banks" that was "business model related."
“We had very good deposit growth in 2023 and very good retention of those deposits. We managed deposit costs carefully so we created a balance between compensating our clients fairly and at the same time funding our balance sheet.”
“Our capital levels have been strong and continue to build and we think we're well positioned with a strong, stable funding base, a strong capital base to continue to be very aggressive in the marketplace when we see good opportunities to support our customers and our communities.”
“I think it really is an economy that continues to grow at a fairly modest or slow pace. Financial conditions have loosened a bit, in my view, since the December FOMC meeting, but they're still relatively tight.”
“I'd say neutral serves us very, very well. We position our balance sheet to operate with rates up or down. And versus a lot of our regional peers, we tend to have a very balanced business model in terms of countercyclical businesses.”
“While lower rates would reduce our net interest income slightly, we would see a pick up in our countercyclical fee businesses, our mortgage lending business, our mortgage warehouse lending business, and most particularly, our fixed income distribution, FMH Financial.”
“There’s a sense that there was a regional banking crisis in the spring and I would argue that it was more a crisis of a few banks and it was more business model related than it was anything, in my view.”
“Credit quality has continued to be pretty good across the industry. We’ve seen overall stability in credit quality. Our losses during the quarter were 23 basis points, about 36, $38 million. We feel very, very good about the outlook for credit in the coming year.”
“Most of the issues we’re experiencing are nonperforming assets are ticking up seem to be related to idiosyncratic stories. It’s not a cross-section of the economy that is having issues. We’re encouraged by that.”
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