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Banking

ZENIT BANKING GROUP PUBLISHES ITS 2012 ANNUAL REPORT

This year, in response to modern European trends, the report has been designed in a minimalist style...

31st July, 2013

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Finance

UK rings in regulatory changes follow death of old tripartite structure

The financial crisis has powerfully demonstrated the need for a new approach to financial regulation...

22nd May, 2013

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Finance

A lesson from Sharia Banking

Islamic banking is a growing force in the industry with many non-Muslims increasingly attracted to i...

8th March, 2013

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Banking

Not enough discussion has taken place about how banks should ring-fence different parts of their operation

By Richard Goold, Executive Director, and Alistair Catto, Principal, at transformation consultancy M...

13th February, 2013

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Banking

Banking Reform – no confidence in the ship’s charts, nor in the officers at the helm

While the HM Treasury White Paper on Banking Reform has softened the blow on the UK’s banks in some...

27th June, 2012

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Banking

Implications of the Vickers Report for Management Information in Banks

The introduction of ring-fencing proposed by the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) means that...

13th June, 2012

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Finance

Why is Spain seeking a centralised budget control?

Spain, one of the major economies of Euro zone, is affected by the debt crisis. To overcome this sit...

7th June, 2012

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UK banks improve stability and see assets at record levels

The UK is the leading centre for international banking and home to several of the largest global ban...

14th May, 2012

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Banking

Crisis and crash: lessons for regulation – speech by Michael Cohrs

In a speech delivered in Edinburgh on 23 March 2012, Michael Cohrs – a Member of the Bank’s Financia...

10th April, 2012

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Banking

Mexico’s Banking System is Resilient, but Global Risks Have Increased, IMF Says

Mexico’s financial system proved resilient during the first wave of the global financial crisis, but...

4th April, 2012

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Banking

Distribution of responsibilities among the members of the Executive Board of the ECB

The Executive Board of the European Central Bank (ECB) agreed today, within the framework of its col...

27th January, 2012

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Finance

Financial stability review – December 2011

Risks to euro area financial stability increased considerably in the second half of 2011, as the sov...

27th January, 2012