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• Capital Markets: Agenda - RBC Capital Markets - Chuck Winograd, Chief Executive Of RBC Capital Markets; Doug McGregor, RBC's Co-president And Head Of Global Investment Banking; And Mark Standish, RBC's Co-president And Head Of Global Markets, Talk To Gera
• News: The Banker Country Awards 2007 - The Banker's Bank Of The Year Country Awards Acknowledge Banks For The Best Overall Performance In Their Country. Our Global Editorial Team Chose The Winners Based On Analysis Of The Latest Results And Performance Da
• Technology: Crime Still Pays As Banks Play Catch Up With The Fraudsters - Despite Regulatory Changes, Banks Need To Take More Of A Holistic View When It Comes To Money Laundering And Fraud. Alan Duerden Reports.
  by Duerden, Alan
• Special Supplement: Commercial Banking - Lessons To Learn In Managing Risk - As Commercial Banks Begin To Suffer The Same Risk Problems As Investment Banks, Risk Management Is Becoming More Important In The Sector. Heather McKenzie Reports On The Biggest.
  by Mckenzie, Heather
• This Month: People - NYSE's Thain New Head Of Merrill Lynch.(appointment of John Thain at Merrill Lynch & Company Inc.)(appointment of Sonjoy Chatterjee at ICICI Banking Corporation Ltd.)(appointment of Alex Widmer at Bank Julius Baer and Company Ltd.
• FX & Derivatives - The Slow And Steady Journey To Success - Property Derivatives Have Been Tracking A Slow, Circuitous Path Toward The Investment Mainstream For Almost 20 Years. But With Property Market Risk Firmly On Investors' Minds, They May Finall
  by Teran, Natasha De
• Africa: Structured Debate - Trade Financing In Africa: New Structures For The Future - Bankers And Governments Have Been Moving Back Into Trade Financing In Africa And Creating New Financial Structures To Mitigate The Risks.
• Special Supplement: Africa - Still Optimistic - Concern About A Potential Franc Zone Devaluation Is Countered By A Generally Bullish Mood Across The Region, Writes Jon Marks.
  by Marks, Jon
• Karina's Kolumn: The Silk Glove That Needs An Iron Fist - Vietnam's Central Bank Governor Will Have To Toughen Up As The Country's Banking Sector Continues To Develop At A Rapid Pace. By Karina Robinson.(Nguyen Van Giau )
  by Robinson, Karina
• Global Awards: The Banker Awards 2007 - The Banker Global Awards Salute Outstanding Performances By Commercial Banks In Not Only 143 Countries But Also In All The World's Regions.
• Technology: Regulation Vs Innovation: It's A Chicken And Egg Argument - Are Standards And Regulation Simply Reactive To Technological Innovation Or Are They In Fact The Real Driving Force Behind New Developments In IT? Alan Duerden Finds Out.
  by Duerden, Alan
• Special Supplement: Commercial Banking - Can SMEs Escape No-man's Land? - Banks Are Looking To Increase The Number Of Commercial Banking Services They Offer Via Internet Platforms. But What Do Their Small And Medium-sized Enterprise Customers Want And Wha
  by Pratt, Nicholas
• Comment: Regulations Caught Red-handed In Search For Subprime Crisis Culprits - Bank Rules Are A Key Reason Behind The Upset In Financial Markets And The Advent Of Basel II Will Do Little To Improve The Situation.
• Capital Markets: Legislative Change Drives Markets - New Pieces Of Legislation Affecting Tax And Ownership Are Having A Dramatic Knock-on Effect On Canada's Capital Markets. Geraldine Lambe Reports.
• Central & Eastern Europe: Ukraine - From David To Goliath - Denis Gorbunenko Has Turned A Banking Minnow Into A Rising Giant - And He's Not Finished Yet. Ben Aris Reports.
  by Aris, Ben
• Regulation: Reg Rage - Financial 'radar' Would Be A Measure Too Far - Banks And Investment Managers Are Bracing Themselves For The Excesses Of A New Regulatory Spying System That Its Makers Hope Will Reduce The Risk Of Future Market Turbulence, Writes Mic
  by Imeson, Michael
• Supplement: Xerox - Retail Banking - Personalise Or Perish - Retail Banks' Communications With Their Customers Are Not As Personal As They Could Be, All Parties Agree, According To The Results Of A Recent Survey. Banks Must Take Radical Steps To Improve T
• This Month: Main News - Tight-lipped British Banks Fuel Rumour Mill Over Losses.(while dealing with make sure the documents are right)
• Capital Markets: Taking Issue - Taking Issue - Africa And Emerging Market High Yield Offers Post-crisis Hope; Sovereign Wealth Funds Are Making More Strategic Purchases; And The Knives Are Truly Out For Basel II. Brian Caplen Explains.
  by Caplen, Brian
• Americas: Argentina - Experts Call For Sovereign Issue - Argentina's New President Has The Chance To Help The Country Rejoin The International Financial Community. Will She Take It? By Jason Mitchell In Buenos Aires.
  by Mitchell, Jason
• Special Supplement: Africa - Emerging Asset Class - A Decade After Big Developers Pulled Back, Sub-Saharan Africa Is Re-emerging As A Market For Infrastructure Finance, With Innovations In International And Local Markets, Write Jon Marks And Kevin Godier.
  by Godier, Kevin; Marks, Jon
• This Month: Reports - IIF Predicts Record Investment In Emerging Markets, While Standard Chartered Warns Over Clashes With Sovereign Funds.(Indian Institute of Finance)
• Bracken Awards: The Banker Awards 2007.(William R Rhodes employee of Citibank N.A. (New York, New York) received lifetime achievement award)(Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd.)(National Bank of Kuwait SAK)
• Technology: Tech Vision - Anthony McCarthy - The CIO Of Investment Banking Technology Within Deutsche's Corporate And Investment Bank Remains Unmoved By The Summer's Crisis. Alan Duerden Reports.
• Special Supplement: Commercial Banking - Strategy Support - N Ganapathy Subramaniam, President Of TCS Financial Solutions, A Strategic Business Unit Of TATA Consultancy Services, Describes To Alan Duerden The Inner Workings Of An Emerging Giant In Financi
  by Duerden, Alan
• This Month (December 2007): Glass Is Half Full As Emerging Markets Continue To Thrive.(event of The Banker)
  by Caplen, Brian
• Capital Markets: A Healthy Appetite In Canada - Stability And Access To A Wealth Of Natural Resources Makes Canada Attractive For Investors. Geraldine Lambe Reports On The Resulting Buoyant Activity In The Country's Capital Markets.
  by Lambe, Geraldine
• Western Europe: Northern Cyprus - Anticipating Acceptance - Despite International Embargoes That Restrict Their Operations, Northern Cyprus Banks Are Making Preparations In The Hope That Eventually They Will Be Included In The EU. Nick Kochan Reports.
  by Kochan, Nick
• Technology: Shaping Tomorrow - Why Mobile Banking Is Doomed - If Banks Really Do Want To Resuscitate Personal Mobile Banking - And They're Spending Huge Sums Doing So - They Should Look To The Internet-based Web Service To Prevent Customer Angst At The Sk
  by Skinner, Chris
• Special Supplement: Commercial Banking - Shape Shifting - Efficiency Is The Most Important Driver Of Change In Banks' Back-office Operations, But There Are Other Factors At Play Too. Michael Imeson Reports.
  by Imeson, Michael
• This Month: The Bottom Line - European Banks Jostle In Relatively Unbanked Ukraine.(Brief article)
• Cash & Securities Services: Cash-rich Corporates Sit Out The Storm - As Cash Rapidly Becomes A Strategic Asset For Corporates And Asset Managers, Frances Maguire Looks At The Outlook For 2008, Post Credit Crisis.
  by Maguire, Frances
• Middle East & Africa: Top 100 African Banks - Signs Of Nigerian Lift-off - South African Banks Remain Dominant As Nigeria's Programme Of Capitalisation Starts To Bear Fruit.
• Special Supplement: Commercial Banking - Achieving Growth For The Long Run - Growth May Be Crucial To A Bank's Success But Not At All Costs. Short-term Gains Are Often The Result Of A High-risk Approach. Organic Growth Is The Only Sustainable Route As It.
  by Ramanujam, Krishnan
• Comment: M&A Market Oblivious To Hostile Climate - A Range Of Exciting Mergers And Acquisitions Are Proceeding Among Banks Unaffected By Subprime Concerns.
• Capital Markets: Team Of The Month - Unflinching Merrill Propels Fortis Into The Big League - Merrill Lynch's Singleness Of Purpose Played A Vital Part In The Royal Bank Of Scotland-led Consortium's Takeover Of ABN AMRO. And Nowhere More So Than In The Fo
  by Russell-Walling, Edward
• Central & Eastern Europe: Russia - The Rise And Rise Of KIT - In Just 18 Months, Russian Bank KIT Finance Has Become A Major Player, And It Plans To Get A Lot Bigger. By Ben Aris.
• Special Supplement: Africa - BMCE Group Bridges Out - The Success Of Morocco's BMCE Group Could Become A Beacon For Other African Countries That Are Beginning To See Growth And Stability. Neil Sen Reports ] By Neil Sen.(Company overview)
• Bracken: Troubles Light Up In The Dawn Of Basel II - Basel II Might Yet Turn Out To Be 'the Emperor's New Clothes' In Terms Of Banks' Risk Profiles, Writes Pushpam Chatterjee.
  by Chatterjee, Pushpam
• Capital Markets: Issuer Strategy - Ghana Shows Pioneering Spirit - Ghana's $750m 10-year Eurobond Issue Is Another In A Series Of Firsts From The Republic And Observers Are Hoping It Heralds The Blooming Of Africa's Capital Markets. Edward Russell-Walling
• Asia: China - Global Shift As China Looks Overseas - China Is Beginning A March Abroad With Banks Aiming To Imitate The International Prominence Of The Country's Manufacturing Industry. Stephen Timewell Reports.(South Africa's Standard Bank Group )
• Special Supplement: Africa - Launch Of A Catalyst - MediCapital, The New Sales And Investment Banking Arm Of BMCE, Aims To Spark Interest In Untapped African Markets. Neil Sen Reports.
  by Sen, Neil