Till Guldimann, vice-chairman of financial services solutions provider SunGard, outlines the major changes in capital markets and the accompanying technology trends. Interview by Parveen Bansal. With a focus on the company’s long-term strategy, Till Guldimann sees a dynamic future for the capital markets. Each of the three main market segments – institutional asset managers, intermediaries (brokers, dealers and some corporate treasuries) and private investors – faces a number of key inter-related challenges.

In the wake of banking sector liberalisation in the 1990s, Alain Law Min, head of retail at MCB, tells Parveen Bansal how and why the bank has restructured and how it has improved its business. Established in 1838, Mauritius Commercial Bank (MCB) is one of the oldest banks in the region. The bank’s performance has been driven by strong growth in the economy, which, once highly dependent on sugar, is now well diversified.

Recent research has shown that failure to interpret corporate action information is costing the securities industry billions of euros a year. Frances Maguire reports on efforts to build a consensus on how the information is presented.

Guy Warren, managing director of the financial services division of LogicaCMG, talks about business process outsourcing and the growing importance of offshoring. Interview by Michael Imeson.