Banking

CorpBanca: Banking is Chile’s most reliable growth sector

Chile’s banking sector has been the country’s most reliable growth area. It has weathered the financial storm brewing oversees and surpassed global standards with an updated regulatory system. CorpBanca welcomes the legal changes and continues to play a major part in the country’s progress

CorpBanca, Chile’s fifth-largest bank by assets, has become synonymous with dependable retail and commercial banking services. Within an evolving banking environment, the bank provides clients with broad-ranging products. The bank came into its own in 1...

Boubyan Bank in 2012 three-pillar strategy

With a determined focus on strategic trends and recruiting the best, Boubyan Bank is well placed to increase its financial position in 2012

Between 2008 and 2011, the world economy was on a rollercoaster and its contractions affected the Kuwaiti economy and the banking sector in particular, especially with a recession in the operating activities of the various economic sectors. However, Bouby...

ING Bank: The new landscape’s effect on custody strategy in CEE

The new regulatory and compliance landscape is having a significant effect on custody strategy in central and eastern Europe, writes Michael Pernetti

Since 2008 the financial services industry has had a difficult time in keeping up with the deluge of regulatory requirements being thrust upon it. There is still much regulation to come and clients will be relying upon their custodians for assistance to m...

Bollard’s tenure to draw to a close

New Zealand’s central banker not seeking another term

Central Bank of Sri Lanka presents a model to follow

Despite domestic accusations of corruption and calls for reform Sri Lanka’s central bank still commands the basis of a largely successful infrastructure

Bernanke and co under the microscope

The credit crisis has drawn the general public’s attention to the inner workings of central banks everywhere. World Finance considers the work done and undone by the US Fed Res

CorpBanca: Banking is Chile’s most reliable growth sector

Chile’s banking sector has been the country’s most reliable growth area. It has weathered the financial storm brewing oversees and surpassed global standards with an updated regulatory system. CorpBanca welcomes the legal changes and continues to play a major part in the country’s progress

Boutique investment banks show muscle

Niche investment banks, such as Stephens and Rothschild, are showing their strength

Ex-Citigroup directors get defensive on banking crisis; bailout

Charles Prince and Robert Rubin, often blamed for huge losses at Citigroup during the 2008 banking crisis, have voiced regrets but deny responsibility for Citi’s woes or its $45bn taxpayer bailout

Boubyan Bank in 2012 three-pillar strategy

With a determined focus on strategic trends and recruiting the best, Boubyan Bank is well placed to increase its financial position in 2012

Resillience found in merged banks

Banks such as Poland’s BZ-WBK have shown that by utilising the best aspects of smaller institutions it can form a solid, long term outfit

Tsesnabank: ‘flexible’ mid-size banks key to growth

Tsesnabank is enjoying an excellent growth record, and is set to become a major player in a country with a prosperous future

Zimbabwe

234.1% of GDP, pariah of debt markets, but with hopes for a healthy twelve months ahead

Japan

197.5%, hard-hit by the tsunami, and reeling from the internal corruption allegations

Greece

142.8%, possibly heading for default, and considered one of many eurozone bad boys

Lebanon

133.8%, deceptively, has a strong banking sector, but little more in an ailing economy

Iceland

126%, hopelessly indebted banks and very little light at the end of a long and gloomy tunnel

Italy

119% of GDP, in need of reform, paying over 7% for its debt thanks to technocratic leadership

Singapore

106%, to many an idyllic investment destination, a great borrower, repayer, and long term option

Belgium

101%, no government for most of 2011 didn’t help a weak economy in dire need of stimulus

Egypt

90%, high but it’s recovering from a long and protracted revolution and aiming high

European Union

82%, stronger countries like Germany are contaminated by the weakest. It could go on…