Synopses & Reviews
Few sectors of the global economy equal banking and financial services in dynamism or structural change. In the mid-1980s, regulatory and technological change were the main catalysts for the transformation of the industry, making entrenched competitive structures obsolete and mandating the development of new products, new processes, new strategies, and new public policies toward the industry.
In Global Banking, authors Roy C. Smith and Ingo Walter assess the transformation that is taking place worldwide in the financial industry--its causes, its course, and its consequences. Beginning with an overview of recent developments, the authors consider the major dimensions of international commercial banking, including the issues of cross-border risk evaluation and exposure management and the creation of a viable regulatory framework in a global competitive context. They link the field of international commercial banking with international investment banking, and identify the factors that distinguish winners from losers in each activity of global banking. The book concludes with a section on the problems of strategic position and execution.
Review
"Smith and Walter have done an excellent job of providing up-to-date information on recent developments and outlining competitive strategies for the future. Their book is very much hands-on information for those involved in or interested in learning the essentials of how these markets operate. The authors include a large amount of data and many useful diagrams to help the reader understand these changing markets and strategies...This book will be especially useful to business students at the undergraduate and graduate level and to those engaged in global banking. Highly recommended."--CHOICE, R. J. Philips, Colorado State University
Synopsis
This is a revision of the business of global banking. With the increased globalization of the world economy few sectors are the equal of banking and financial services in dynamism or structural change. Roy C. Smith and Ingo Walter assess this transformation-its causes, its course and its consequences. They begon by examining international commercial banking, including the issue of cross-border risk evaluation and exposure management, and the creation of a viable regulatory framework in a global competitive context. hey then undertake a parallel assessment of international investment banking, linking the two by means of a bridge chapter. Finally, they focus on the factors that determine winners and losers in these markets and explore the problems of strategic position and execution.
Table of Contents
1. The World of Global Banking
PART I: Competing in Global Debt and Equity Markets
2. International Money and Foreign Exchange Markets
3. Global Bond Markets
4. Swaps and Derivative Securities Markets
5. International Bank Lending
6. Asset-Related and Project Financing
7. Global Equity Markets
PART II: Competing in Global Advisory and Asset Management Services
8. Global Mergers, Acquisitions, and Advisory Services
9. Privatization
10. Institutional Asset Management and Insurance
11. Private Banking
PART III: Competitive Strategies
12. Assessing and Managing Cross-Border Risks
13. Global Banking Regulation
14. Strategic Positioning and Competitive Performance
15. Competitive Implementation, Organization, and Management
Index