April 8, 2010
by Oliver
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For the purpose of my PhD-thesis in the field of banking I have to make a lot of literature review and analysis of existing studies. Thanks to universities, teachers, research and consulting companies a pure vast of excellent information is … Continue reading
March 14, 2010
by Oliver
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A couple of months ago I presented a fictitious interview with the former investment bank regarding its approach to manage liquidity risks. Everything seemed to be fine…but as we know from hindsight the annual report didn’t tell us the truth … Continue reading
February 4, 2010
by Dagmar
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A banana skin may be slippery and may cause you to stumble or even fall when you Stepp on it. Hence, ‘Banking Banana Skins 2010 – After the ‘quake’ is the name of a new study from the CSFI Centre … Continue reading
January 30, 2010
by Oliver
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The establishment of a single market for services and goods – including banking – has for several decades been one of Europe’s core policy objectives. The way towards these objectives is termed integration process. The benefit of integration is to … Continue reading
January 4, 2009
by Oliver
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A couple of days ago I was involved in a discussion concerning the sense of strategy in the times of financial crisis. I think that is a very interesting question, whether organizations should “think strategically” in a situation with a … Continue reading
October 27, 2008
by Dagmar
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“Some companies make things happen. Some companies see things happen. Some companies wonder that things happen.†This is one of my favourite management quotes because this is all strategy is about. I heard it in a lecture during my MBA … Continue reading
October 19, 2008
by Oliver
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A large number of articles concerning the financial crisis have been published these days. In sum all write offs in financial institutions (worldwide) have reached a total of 485 billion USD this week. 42 billion USD write offs can be … Continue reading
October 11, 2008
by Oliver
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In mid September we published a short post with the title “the worse is yet to come“. Now, one month later, we can observe worst case scenarios becoming reality. Black swan effects test the survivability of financial institutions. Large banks … Continue reading
September 30, 2008
by Dagmar
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Strategic planning is about preparing a business for the future. As we all know, a strategy should put a business in a position to maximally exploit potential chances and to minimize the damage of potential threats. We all witness the … Continue reading
September 20, 2008
by Oliver
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The last two days can be described as a dramatic change in terms of the global financial crisis. Not so long ago – or to be more specific: last weekend – a liberal approach seem to rule governmental measures how … Continue reading