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• Comment: Award Highlights Women's Plight In Management - Morgan Stanley's Recent $54m Record Settlement In A Sex Discrimination Case Will Force Banks To Put The Issue Of Bringing Women Into Senior Management On The Front Burner Again, Says Karina Robinson
• Viewpoint: China's Statistics Don't Add Up - Lester Thurow Casts Doubt On The Reliability Of Chinese, Indian And US Growth Rates And Suggests That Reluctance To Increase Spending Is Impeding Better Data Collection.
• Western Europe: Luxembourg - Taxing Times Ahead For Luxembourg - Jan F Wagner Examines Luxembourg's Options For Maintaining A Competitive Edge As The End Of Its Tax-free Status Looms.(Association des Banques et de Banquiers, Luxembourg )
• Middle East & Africa: South Africa - A Picture Of Health - South African Banking Is On The Right Path For Achieving Its Economic Efficiency And Consumer Protection Targets.
• Special Supplement: GCC - Kuwait - Riding The Wave - Continued Robust Oil Prices, Prospects Of Renewed Business Ties With Iraq And Higher Government Spending Have Bolstered Optimism In Kuwait, Reflected In Massive Gains In The Local Stock Market And A Rea
• Global News: PRS Scheme Needs Reinforcing.(poverty reduction strategies)(Brief Article)
• Capital Markets: Taking Issue - Why SG CIB Is Trying To Be More English; Why The Investment Bank Is Strengthening Its FIG; And What The New Breed Of Hedge Fund Manager Can Offer. Brian Caplen Explains.
• Special Supplement: Brunei - Banks Battle For Customers - Competition Is Heating Up For A Share Of Brunei's Consumer Finance Market. Simon Montlake Talks To Local Banks And Foreign Entrants About Their Strategies.
• Banks Of The Future: US And Europe Give Way In 1001-2000 Ranking - This Year's Banks Of The Future Survey Shows That The Lesser Players In The Global Banking League, In Africa, Asia And The Middle East, Are Gaining Ground In Profitability On The Banks Of.
• Comment: Merger Marks Japan's Reform Progress - Last Month's Proposal Of Marriage Between MTFG And UFJ Would Create The Largest Bank In Japan, But It Will Only Be Positive News If The Two Businesses Can Be Integrated, Writes Geraldine Lambe.(Mitsubishi To
• Global News: Ackermann Acquitted In Mannesman Bonus Trial.(Brief Article)
• Global Securities Services: Corporate Actions - Can The Securities Industry Find Harmony On Corporate Action? - Recent Research Has Shown That Failure To Interpret Corporate Action Information Is Costing The Securities Industry Billions Of Euros A Year. F
• Americas: Canada - Marriages Face A Rocky Future - A Newly-elected Minority Liberal Government Has Left The Prospects For Canadian Bank Mergers Looking Uncertain. Sheldon Gordon Reports From Toronto.
• Special Supplement: GCC - Bahrain - Financial Focus - Project Financing And Proactive Local Banks Are Adding Momentum To Bahrain's Campaign To Be The GCC's Financial Service Hub, Writes Jon Marks.(Gulf Cooperation Council)
• Comment: Top 1001-2000 Highlights Growing Polarisation Between The Big League And The Smaller Players - As Japan's Banking Sector Gets Set For A Mega- merger, The Banks Of The Future Listing Illustrates The Challenge Facing Emerging Markets To Strengthen.
• Cover feature: Japan's banks Rebuilt - After More Than A Decade Wallowing In Debt And Seemingly Unable To Turn Themselves Around, Japan's Banks Appear To Be Looking To New Products And Client Segments To Rejuvenate Their Business Models And Spread Risk Th
• Central & Eastern Europe: Unicredit - UniCredit Sets Sights On 'New Europe' Potential - UniCredit Has Its Sights Set On Further Expansion Into Central Europe. Paolo Fiorentino, Deputy Chief Operating Officer, Head Of New Europe, Talks To Stephen Timew
• Technology: Tech Vision - Market Trends Create Key Challenges And Solutions - Till Guldimann, Vice-chairman Of Financial Services Solutions Provider SunGard, Outlines The Major Changes In Capital Markets And The Accompanying Technology Trends.(Financial S
• Special Supplement: GCC - Qatar - Overflowing With Natural Resources - Rapid Economic Growth - Thanks To A Wealth Of Oil And Gas - Has Turned Qatar Into One Of The World's Richest Countries In Terms Of Per Capita GDP, Providing Opportunities That Banks Ha
• Global News: Mexican Bank Accord Eases Bad Debt Spat.(Brief Article)
• Capital Markets: Team Of The Month - Swiftness Is Key To Mexican Deal - A Close Relationship And An Ability To Act Fast When Market Conditions Become Favourable Enabled Barclays Capital's New York-based Latin American Team To Offer Petrotemex A Range Of O
• Special Supplement: Brunei - Going Offshore Without Baggage - Brunei's Relatively New Status As An Offshore Financial Centre Has Enabled Officials To Pass Quickly The Necessary Legislation To Make It A World-class Location. Simon Montlake Reports On The C
• Technology: Statistics - FSIs To Up External IT Spend.(financial services institutions)(Brief Article)
• Special Supplement: GCC - UAE: DUBAI - DIFC Shake-out - DIFC Shake-out - Dubai Has Learned That Breathtaking Architecture Is One Thing But Impartial Regulation Is Another When It Comes To Global Financial Hubs. Mark Ford Reports.(Dubai International Finan
• This Month (August 2004): Why Banks Need A Reality Check On Global Economic Change.
• Global News: BoE Reforms Sterling Markets.(Bank of England)
• FX & Treasury: Automation - In Case Of Emergency... - The Extent Of Automation In FX Trading Systems Has Meant That A Major Market Shock Would Lead To A Slow-down In Trade Rather Than Meltdown. But It Has Also Increased Market Volatility. William Esse
• Americas: Top 100 Latin American Banks - Mexico And Brazil Vie For Pole Position - While Brazil's Banco Bradesco Knocked Mexico's Grupo Financiero BBVA Bancomer Off The Top Of The Pile, Mexico Has Boosted Its Tally In The Top 10.(Industry Overview)
• The Back Page: The Bottom Line - Favourable Credit Scene Aids US Bank Revenues.
• Comment: Italian Debt Rating Downgrade Comes Not A Moment Too Soon - Political Infighting Among Four-member Coalition Underscores The Need For Structural Reforms And Perhaps A New Government.
• Karina's Kolumn: ERM II Stirs Up Prague's Quiet Man - Zdenek Tuma, The Czech Central Bank Governor, Tells Karina Robinson About His Dislike Of ERM II And His Pessimism About Reforms.(Exchange Rate Mechanism II)
• Western Europe: Luxembourg - Grand Duchy Strikes Back - Facing Competition From Other Centres, Luxembourg Has Found Ways To Innovate, Writes Jan F Wagner.
• Retail Strategy: Self Reinvention Proves To Be A Profitable Move For MCB - In The Wake Of Banking Sector Liberalisation In The 1990s, Alain Law Min, Head Of Retail At MCB, Tells Parveen Bansal How And Why The Bank Has Restructured And How It Has Improved.
• Special Supplement: GCC - Oman - Rebuilding Confidence - After Some Difficult Years, Most Omani Banks Are Reporting A Significant Upturn Following Efforts To Improve Discipline. Meanwhile The Stock Market Shows Signs Of Growth And Project Finance Deals Ar
• Global News: Reserve Bank Of India Ruling Dismays Bankers And Investors.
• FX & Treasury: Outsourcing - A Function Best Left To The Experts - Multinationals Are More Likely Than Ever To Outsource Their Treasury Operations To Banks Because Of The Growing Regulation, Cost And Complexity Of Treasury Management. Michael Imeson R
• Americas: Argentina - Bondholders Fight Back - Two And A Half Years After Argentina's Debt Default, Creditors Are Up In Arms Over The Country's Offer To Pay Back Only A Quarter Of The oe82bn It Owes. But The Government Has So Far Refused To Budge. Sophie.
• The Back Page: Summertime And The Living Is Easy - Guatemala, Italy, Cuba And, Believe It Or Not, Wales Are Among Bankers' Favourite Holiday Destinations.
• Bracken: SEC Registration Solves Nothing - Hedge Fund Manager Erik Volfing Explains The Negative Implications Of Increasing The Regulatory Burden Of Hedge Funds.(Securities and Exchange Commission)
• Capital Markets: Emerging Markets - Clouds Loom Over Horizon For Emerging Market Bond Issuers - Emerging Market Credits Have Enjoyed A Financing Renaissance In The International Bond And Loan Markets In The Past Two Years. However, The Shadow Of Rising US
• Special Supplement: Brunei - Brunei Dversifies To Sustain Growth - Oil Has Made Brunei A Wealthy Country. However, If The Current Economic Growth Is To Be Maintained, The Tiny Asian Sultanate Requires A Wider Spread Of Industries Contributing To Its Incom
• Technology: Technotes.(e-literature solution )
• Special Supplement: GCC - Saudi Arabia - Oil Wealth Offers New Opportunity - As Saudi Arabia Remains Flush From Booming Oil Prices, And Opens Its Banking Sector Up To Competition, The Kingdom's Institutions Are Making Aggressive Plays For The Consumer Mar
• Global News: New Money Laundering Rules Lead To Chaos In Russian Bank System.
• Capital Markets: Agenda - Jean-Pierre Mustier - SG CIB Had A Good 2003 And A Promising First Quarter, But Can It Keep Up The Pace? The Firm's CEO Tells Geraldine Lambe About The Bank's Plans To Do Just That.
• Special Supplement: Brunei - Economic Evolution - The Brunei Economic Development Board Is Tasked With Overseeing The Diversification Of The Country's Economy And Raising Its International Foreign Direct Investment Profile. Restructured In 2001 As A Corpo
• Technology: Shaping Tomorrow - Something To Talk About - The Explosion Of Customer Communication Channels Was Intended To Cut Costs And Increase Efficiency. However, With Cracks Appearing In Some Systems And Technology Improving To Allow Face-to-face Cont
• Special Supplement: GCC - United Arab Emirates - Planning Ahead - Spiralling Oil Prices And A Real Estate Boom Are Generating Fat Profits. Mark Ford Asks Whether The UAE's Banks Can Still Thrive When Things Get Tough. Consolidation And More Adventurous Pr