The forces driving bank mergers
Crashing markets and a stalled economic recovery are starting to hit banks, causing problems which will make them vulnerable to acquisition, says Karina Robinson.
Can Basel II be made to work?
Latest developments in the progress of the Basel II Capital Accord have raised concerns by both US and European parties that its complexity will lead to unequal treatment. Melvyn Westlake reports.
Is the PFI about to hit the buffers?
Forget worrying about corporate collapses. The growth of PFI financing is playing havoc with public money. Eventually an Enron-style disaster will be rerun on a sovereign balance sheet, reports Nick Kochan.
Turmoil caused by global scandals will make consolidation essential, as reflected by the Top 1001-2000
Too much greed. The markets have choked on the post-Enron travails of Worldcom, Xerox, Vivendi and others and headed south in a big way, the credibility of corporate accounts in shreds.
