GLG News by Generic BPO Services Evaluators (EU)

The Commerzbank - Dresdner Bank merger is compelling for all stakeholders. Without the successful completion of this deal, Commerzbank will itself likely become a takenover target. It cannot be in the long-term interest of the Federal Republic of Germany for its financial economy to be wholly managed...

If national markets for second homes are really interlinked, then each market must be driven by common factors. Is this actually true?

Dresdner Bank is appealing for any financial services provider seeking a major foothold in the German retail, Mittelstand business or institutional asset management business. 

The range of risks in an outsource engagement, with disparate organisations working to distinct, albeit related set of objectives, is wide. Not the least of these is the misplaced notion, that since clients wish to reduce their cost, while suppliers aim to maximize their revenue, it puts both fundamentally...

Expensive oil, high current und past employee pension and medical benefits are there killers stalking the US automobilie makers. Effectively, the Big Three already belong to their respective pension fund. The stock is only a very, very leveraged option at this point. The failure...

With commodity prices climbing and remaining strong for the forseeable future, it is time for the EU and to a lesser extent the US to dismantle the various inefficient land control, price support and production quota systems.

Lehman is finished as an independent investment bank. Its business model is broken, and the leadership has no medium or long-term game plan. Next in line is Morgan Stanley. Like BSC both of these banks suffer from a common problem, weak senior management, arrogance, lack of risk management and...

The main focus to date has been on writedowns and capital raisings in the "aftermath" of the credit crisis. Before we reach the end of the credit crisis road, legal authorities will have to investigate, bring charges, settle or try cases against many of the top names (institutions and persons)...

Eastern European real estate investment opportunties are still attractive despite substantial building and price gains over the last few years. As in many fields in Eastern Europe, the Austrians are the leaders, in particular in the financial services space. Perhaps it is time for real estate...

Unrestrained speculative forces will cause a backlash of regulation, which may well destroy the efficient functioning of commodity markets. Some countries have already halted trading in certain commodities. US Senator Lieberman wants to exclude institutional investors from participating in commodities...