Article: S&P Global Credit Markets Digest -- Asia-Pacific Update.

Article: Bankers & supervisors prepare for operating risk capital ...
ABA Banking Journal;  January 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ...In 1998, an international team of bank supervisors reported that awareness of operational risk as a separate risk category was relatively low at major banks. That began to change for bankers after June 1999, when the powerful Basel Committee on Bank Supervision released a reform proposal that would

Article: Real estate data bank. (Industry Overview)
Hawaii Business;  January 1, 1993 ;     605 words ...The Hawaii Business Real Estate Composite Index declined slightly in October from both month-ago and year-ago levels. Moderate changes were apparent in each of the index's components with the exception of the typically volatile Oahu new residential permit series. It was down 76.3 percent from the

Article: Setting Up an Offshore Licensed Bank.(Industry ...
Mondaq Business Briefing;  December 5, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Who has never dreamt of being a private banker ? On such thin premises a whole market has erupted and some atolls had emerged as financial centre. This market received a boost with the possibility to market financial products via the Internet. This medium pushed the geographical irrelevance to the

Article: CHINA, INDIA DOMINATE GLOBAL CARBON MARKET: WORLD ...
AsiaPulse News;  October 26, 2006 ;     625 words ...BEIJING, Oct 26 Asia Pulse - The global carbon market grew to nearly US $22 billion in the first nine months of this year, more than doubling in value over the previous year with China and India leading the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) market, according to the World Bank. "All the data show

Article: First Tennessee Considers Quitting Proprietary Funds.(First ...
American Banker;  November 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ...In 1993, executives at First Tennessee Bank realized that they had to offer more than just checking accounts and loans to keep customers happy. At the time, the Memphis company was offering a series of common pooled funds that were used in retirement plans. But First Tennessee's customers were

Article: Management must reinvent strategies to survive: NAB.(National ...
Australian Banking & Finance;  September 15, 1999 ;     700+ words ...THE MANAGING director and chief executive of National Australia Bank, Frank Cicutto, has nominated the search for new revenue streams to replace the decline in traditional activities as the greatest challenge facing the financial services sector. Cicutto estimates non-traditional revenue sources

Article: When Religion Is Part of the Business Plan.(Lakeview Bank ...
American Banker;  January 25, 2005 ;     700+ words ...Just before organizers of Minnesota's Lakeview Bank held their first meeting, in April 2003, three board members who were also members of a men's Bible study group proposed a group prayer. The other five board members agreed, and that short prayer asking for God's guidance established the basis for