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Retail Banking Strategies 2011 – the Critical Dimensions for Excellence

The aftermath of the financial crisis has produced a tectonic shift across all core retail banking strategies. The book examines the key strategically important questions for bankers and others interested in the drivers of success in today's post-crisis banking world.

Based on in-depth interviews with senior executives of leading retail banks as well as independent management consultants, rating agencies and bank regulators with a deep knowledge of the sector, the report digs deep into the collective experience and instincts of these leading practitioners to produce a strategic blueprint for banking excellence in these most 'interesting' of times.

Key issues covered include: business models; product range; client base; geographic scope; distribution channels; costs, and much more.

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Effective Bank Regulation & Supervision: Lessons from the Financial Crisis

The recent financial crisis has unleashed a flood of views on what happened, why it happened, and what new regulatory measures and structures might prevent or mitigate such crises in the future.  Effective Bank Regulation and Supervision: Lessons from the Financial Crisis takes a different approach.  Based on in-depth interviews with more than 30 senior, experienced bankers, regulators, consultants and others deeply involved in the regulatory process, it seeks to answer two key questions:

Which bank regulators around the world have demonstrated relatively superior results in terms of regulatory outcomes? and

What lessons for the future can be drawn from their experience?

The result is a ground-breaking insight into the likely future success of bank regulation and the key factors which will determine such outcomes.

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www.searchingfinance.co.uk
enquiries@searchingfinance.co.uk
+44 (0) 7885 441682

Banking in Turmoil: Strategies for Sustainable Growth (Palgrave)

The current banking crisis has tested every dimension of banking and created maximum uncertainty for its future. Yet banks must plan for this future. The book covers interviews with 25 senior bank executives, management consultants, regulators, rating agencies and analysts to understand how the strategies of the leading banks might evolve in the future. Its unique research, case studies of success, and conclusions for the future should be of interest to senior bank management as well as their advisors, regulators and analysts.
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BANK MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS: The Lessons of Global Experience

Written by Steven I Davis and published by VRL Knowledgebank

A study of the issues which drive merger decisions, it looks at the success factors in achieving positive results, the leadership required and the valuation methods used. We take a look at the various analyses done of the effect which mergers and acquisitions have on shareholder value. To provide an illustration of the approaches to M&A in the banking industry, we have included ten case studies with varying degrees of success.

Our analysis has been augmented by interviews with 30 people who have an in-depth knowledge of the industry. These include financial analysts, management consultants, academics, fund managers, investment banks and rating agencies.

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The sequel to two in-depth studies of the management of excellent banks written in the 1980s, this new volume addresses the key issues that preoccupy the leadership of today's most admired banking institutions. After reviewing the lessons learned from the previous studies, the author examines best practice in addressing issues such as culture, leadership, risk management, managing size and complexity, and sustaining revenue growth. The book concludes with the views expressed by the interview sample on the future evolution of the banking sector, following by the author's own forecasts based on 20 years of study of the world of financial services.

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A REPORT CARD FOR BANCASSURANCE IN EUROPE - AND LESSONS FOR THE FUTURE

17th January 2003

As other markets like the US introduce the concept of bancassurance - the fusion of retail banking and insurance - it is timely to summarise the conclusions from Europes decade-long experience with the reality on the ground. In terms of business mix and market positioning, winners include insurers like ING who have acquired successful banking businesses and the southern European banks who have won dominant positions in life insurance distribution through organic growth. Losers - even before the recent collapse of equity values - include many who bought insurers for their assets under management as well as perceived ability to distribute banking products. Yet many open questions remain to be researched - in particular the bancassurance potential in northern European markets like the UK and Germany.

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CROSS-SELLING IN RETAIL BANKING
Meeting the revenue growth challenge

Written by Steven I Davis and published by VRL Knowledgebank

An assessment of the challenges and opportunities inherent in cross-selling as a driver of revenue growth, this study examines the most successful strategies, the critical success factors and lessons learned from other banks. Central to this study is a wide range of interviews include industry leaders as well as professionals and advisors to the industry. Twelve current case studies help to illustrate the wining strategies.

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