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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #5 - German American Bancorp

Jeff For Banks

'I was recently moderating a strategic planning discussion with a multi-billion dollar in assets financial institution. During the discussion, the President of one of the bank''s most profitable divisions opined that less than $10 billion in assets was the "dead zone". They had to grow to survive. I challenged the thinking. But he held firm that the regulatory environment, changing customer preferences, and the pace and expense of technology were driving the market towards bigger is better.

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