Wintrust Financial Corporation operates in the State commercial banks sector. Wintrust Financial Corporation (Wintrust) is a financial holding company based in Lake Forest, Illinois. The Company engages in the business of providing traditional community banking services, primarily in the Chicago metropolitan area and southeastern Wisconsin, and operates other financing businesses on a national basis through several non-bank subsidiaries. Additionally, Wintrust offers an array of wealth management services primarily to customers in the Chicago metropolitan area and southeastern Wisconsin. The Company conducts its businesses through three segments: community banking, specialty finance and wealth management. The Company provides community-oriented, personal and commercial banking services to customers located in the greater Chicago, Illinois and southern Wisconsin metropolitan areas through its 15 wholly owned banking subsidiaries. In July 2011, it acquired Great Lakes Advisors, Inc. In September 2011, the Company acquired Elgin State Bancorp, Inc. In our complete report available for purchase the company is compared to: Bank of Hawaii Corporation, International Bancshares Corporation and SVB Financial Group.