All GLG News Analyses Filed Under: Commercial & Retail Banking

Major slowdown in some countries. Could cause a major contagion in major trading partners of USA in particular, where recession will hit hardest. Everyone should have plans in place to weather a recession, and take advantage of opportunities, both before, during, and after.

Many of the larger financial services firms have been hurt by the subprime mortgage downturn, with most of the damage resulteding from the loss of confidence in the credit markets for MBS, CDOs and other instruments that would be tainted by subprime collateral.  However, the industry is also heavily...

While Computershare's recent action to acquire control of the German bank VEM Aktienbank is a sound move to improve client access to European markets, we await a more significant development in the United States. In the U.S. DTCC, nominee names account for over 80% of all stock holdings. ...

China restrict capital outflow to Hong Kong share market recently but the banking system had absorbed the overflow funds, as Chinese's banks facing many obstacles to invest abroad , now they plan to acquire Standard Chartered Bank.

1.On the Indian sub-continent affluence and poverty have co-existed for centuries. 2.To drive economic development, incentives need to be provided to people capable of delivery.

India is a Booming economy Financial Sector in India is growing in Leaps and Bounds, thanks to technology and globalisation and Liberalisation Who are the real Beneficiaries??

While Merrill Lynch and CitiGroup held substantial subprime mortgage loans in their portfolio, Deutshce Bank was close behind. If Merrill and Citi had to write off several billions USD, wouldn't DB be following suit? The risk analytics at DB wasn't much different than those at Merrill, Citi, UBS, and...

First from a Development Institution to a Bank. Secondly from just a Bank to a High Tech Bank Thirdly, from an Indian Private Bank to A Global Bank for the Global Public

Because the international banking industry is so interconnected, what happens in one part of the world can effect banking in many other places as well.  As countries have dropped trade barriers in favor of free trade, and local economies have turned global, it becomes prudent to observe what...

The market has focused on Barclay's SIV exposure. In most cases, the bank has only a moral obligation, not a legal requirement, to provide funding for the SIVs they sold and manage.