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The search for a sustainable banking model
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The search for a sustainable banking model

January 2013—To secure future growth, banks must fundamentally transform their economics, businesses, and cultures.more

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Managing when vendor and supplier risk becomes your own

July 2013—Financial institutions are being held accountable for the actions of their suppliers. A new approach can help to identify and manage sources of third-party risk.more

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Creating a business-integrated services company: An interview with UniCredit’s Paolo Cederle

September 2013—Paolo Cederle, CEO of Milan-based UniCredit’s new multiservices company, is pushing to make IT and operations work in tandem with the bank’s business divisions to improve the customer experience.more

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Asian banking

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Financial globalization: Retreat or reset?

March 2013—Cross-border capital flows remain 60 percent below their precrisis peak, and growth in financial assets around the world has stalled. Continued retrenchment could jeopardize investment and recovery unless policy makers can "reset" the financial system for a healthier flow of financing that supports economic growth.more

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How Europes banks can navigate a regulatory squeezecollection

European banking

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How alternative investments are going mainstream

September 2012—Almost given up for dead during the crisis, they have fully recovered and are set to outpace traditional assets over the next few years.more

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Mobile money: Getting to scale in emerging markets

May 2012—The biggest barriers arise from misperceptions and poor execution. Providers can do better.more

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Working out of debt

January 2012—An update of our research on the efforts of developed countries to work out from under a massive overhang of debt shows how uneven progress has been. US households have made the greatest gains so far.more

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The emerging equity gap: Growth and stability in the new investor landscape

December 2011—Short of a very rapid change in investor behavior and adoption of new policies in the largest emerging economies, the role of equities in the global financial system may be reduced in the coming decade.more

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Scaling up a transformation: An interview with Eureko’s Jeroen van Breda Vriesman

March 2011—A member of the executive board describes how the Dutch insurance group first transformed its health division and then started to roll out the changes across the entire company.more

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