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Putting Greece back on track
July 2, 2012Four fundamental flaws have compromised Greek policy efforts and need to be reconsidered for the country to emerge from the financial crisis.
RBS pays price for substandard IT system
July 2, 2012Royal Bank of Scotland's IT systems failure offers a stark reminder to lenders struggling to keep up in the internet age.
Spain shows the cost of postponing pain
July 2, 2012Allowing crippled banks to fudge their loan losses is not the way to deliver a healthy banking market.
Credit Suisse helps put a shine on Santander's Polish ambitions
June 1, 2012Credit Suisse's Madrid-based FIG team's input into Bank Zachodni's all-share merger with KBC's Kredyt Bank has allowed Santander to build the market presence it wanted in Poland without putting the squeeze on its capital ratio.
Nigeria targets building Africa’s dominant IFC
June 1, 2012Given the size of its economy and the rapid pace at which it is growing, Nigeria has a good chance of establishing an international financial centre to rival Johannesburg – Africa's only IFC. The west African country is already close to creating the legal framework necessary, but overcoming the negative perceptions of many international banks will prove a tricky obstacle to overcome.
Money laundering: a global solution to a global problem?
May 28, 2012As money-laundering is a cross-border problem, banks and regulators need to take a global approach to control the risks effectively.
Georgia's local regulation in a global economy
May 28, 2012The governor of the National Bank of Georgia has to tailor his maintenance of local financial stability to a banking sector with high levels of foreign ownership and aspirations to expand across the Caucasus region and beyond.
Eurozone crisis: a case of failure by design
May 28, 2012A critical design flaw in the euro project meant that problems were inevitable.
Ethanol shakes up the energy mix
May 28, 2012With oil prices rising ever higher, interest in ethanol as a green fuel is growing, with the world's largest economies – Brazil, China and the US – already involved in production.