The overwhelming view from respondents to our study indicates that generating alpha and attracting and retaining key staff are the two most fundamental criteria for the success of investment manageme..

After a challenging period over recent years, retail banks have enjoyed a low interest environment and relatively stable economic indicators over the past year to 18 months. The focus for many has now..

Thanks to favourable market conditions, the earnings of banks in Switzerland grew 17 percent in 2005. Managed assets had increased by as much as one quarter by the year end. On the employment side, an..

Operational risk management is one of the area of risk management that many financial player now recognize must be reviewed and ...................

A number of long-term undertakings were brought to a conclusion or at the very least driven decisively forward in the year under review. Chief amongst them were Basel II, the taxation of savings inc..