Financial sector reforms and state of the Indian economy (1): Part II.
Abstract Indian economy has been recording impressive growth rates since 1991. This can be partly attributed to the multi-sector structural reforms aimed at enhancing productivity, efficiency and international competitiveness of the economy. The reforms in the financial sector have been most effective. The main thrust of the...

Foreign banks: what do we know?
In their twenty years since their entry into Australia, foreign bank performance has been considered a failure. This paper will canvass this and related issues and argue that some of these perceptions may have been based upon inappropriate expectations. It will be argued that the foreign banks have been...

The decline, flexibility and geographical restructuring of employment in British retail banks.
This paper discusses the nature and determinants of recent employment decline and restructuring, including geographical restructuring, in British retail banks. As Cressey and Scott (1992: 83) have noted, 'the 1990s seem set to be a watershed of far-reaching staffing changes for the banking industry'. Since 1989, dramatic newspaper headlines and...

Financing environmental change: a new role for Canadian environmental law.
Financial institutions occupy a central role in equity and debt markets, providing the finance that shapes economic development and thus environmental pressures. Environmental regulation has traditionally focused on development itself but not those that financially sponsor developers. To achieve an environmentally sustainable economy in Canada, new regulations and policies...

Bank NISP Drives Expansion and Market Leading Position With Misys Banking Systems Treasury & Trade Finance.
LONDON, November 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Misys Banking Systems, a global leader in banking software and solutions, announces today that Bank NISP, one of Indonesia's largest and fastest growing banks, has gone live with two of its solutions to help drive and maintain growth across its treasury and trade finance...

2005 banking report: strong regional economy sees banking profits soar.
After an exceptional year in 2004, which saw rapid growth in profits and assets, most financial services institutions--led by the major Gulf banks --expect to record even higher earnings this year thanks to unprecedented expansion in the retail and corporate sectors. The exploding oil revenues are significant but not...

Conifer Securities Enhances Fund Administration Services in British Virgin Islands with Key Executive Hires.
David Bateman and Donna-Maria De Roche Will Help Drive Offshore Operations for Hedge Fund Service Provider NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Conifer Securities announced today that it has added two executives to its offshore fund administration business, Conifer Fund Services Ltd. David Bateman has been named...

The Equator Principles: the private financial sector's attempt at environmental responsibility.
ABSTRACT The Equator Principles are a set of voluntary environmental guidelines created to manage environmental degradation that results from large-scale developmental projects in the Third World. On June 4, 2003, ten private financial institutions adopted these guidelines, and by the end of 2006 this number had grown...

Banks in small communities in Canada: 1998-2004.
Abstract This paper examines changes in the provision of fundamental services to smaller communities in Canada. The research analyzes changes in the network of Canadian banks over the period 1998 to 2004 for the 874 places in Canada that reported populations of less than 50,000 inhabitants in...

The future of Australian banking: introduction and overview.
The 11th Melbourne Money and Finance conference, organised by the Melbourne Centre for Financial Studies, brought together some sixty academics, practitioners and policy makers to discuss current issues affecting, and future prospects for, the Australian banking industry. A total of twelve papers was presented and formed the basis for...