NBF on Cdn Banks and EVA

National Bank Financial, 24 April 2006� EVA rose 190% in two years : EVA for the sector rose to $6.7 billion in f2005 from $2.3 billion in f2003, or an impressive 190%. Over that time, improved profitability was the most important contributing factor to the higher EVA, followed by strong business growth, particularly in f2005. A declining cost of equity capital offset, in part, the penalizing