December
Suffering under the weight
After every financial crisis, the regulators come up with a new rule. Now the rule book is so thick that banks are staggering under its weight. Small banks could find the struggle all too much and go to the wall, writes Parveen Bansal.
November
Why banks don't know their clients
Since September 11, the finance sector has come under the spotlight for its role as a conduit for terrorist funds. Politicians are making great speeches and blaming the banks. But to stop the abuses would require no less than a politically unacceptable clampdown on minorities, the curtailing of civil liberties and the halting of world trade. Brian Caplen reports.
October
Globalisation is not a win-win equation
After the terrorist attacks on the US and the subsequent postponement of the IMF's annual meeting in Washington, anti-globalisation campaigners have suspended their protests but will not be giving up their cause. Suzanne Miller reports on growing criticism of the World Bank and the IMF.
