Western Europe

NEWSMAKERS: UNITED KINGDOM   By Anita Hawser   Xavier Rolet, the London Stock Exchange’s CEO, must have breathed a sigh of relief when the European Commission announced in early August that it would investigate the proposed merger between Deutsche Börse ...

Global Finance names the World’s Best Global Banks 2011 NEW YORK, August 22, 2011 – Global Finance magazine (GFmag.com) has announced its World’s Best Banks 2011 Awards. The annual listing includes the best bank worldwide for corporate, consumer and private ...

Global Finance names the World’s 50 Safest Banks 2011 NEW YORK, August 18, 2011 – Bank stability is an ever-more pressing concern for the world’s corporations and investors. It is within this context that Global Finance announces it’s 20th Annual ...

Global Finance names the World’s Safest Banks 2011 in Western Europe NEW YORK, August 18, 2011 — Global Finance magazine (GFmag.com) has named the top 10 “Safest Banks in Western Europe” in an exclusive survey to be published in the ...

Global Finance names the World's Best Internet Banks in Europe 2011 NEW YORK, July 22, 2011 – Global Finance has announced the First Round winners in the “World’s Best Internet Banks” competition in Europe. This is the 12th year Global ...

NEWSMAKERS: EUROPE   by Anita Hawser   Draghi: Will face scrutiny Despite attempts to block his candidacy, Bank of Italy governor Mario Draghi will become the new president of the European Central Bank (ECB) when Jean-Claude Trichet retires in October. ...

NEWSMAKERS: IRELAND   by Gordon Platt   Full throttle: Ryanair powers up its fleet with giant order Michael O’Leary, chief executive of Ryanair, Europe’s largest low-cost airline, stole the limelight at the Paris Air Show in June by signing an ...

Light At The End Of The Tunnel   By Vanessa Drucker   Portugal’s new political leaders have a plan to dig their country out of its deep fiscal hole.   Portugal is about to receive a dose of strong medicine. ...

MILESTONES: EUROPE   By Anita Hawser   How many central securities depositories (CSDs) does Europe need? The European Commission and the European Central Bank believe it is far fewer than the 40 CSDs currently scattered across the continent.   The ...

NEWSMAKERS: GLOBAL   By Luca Ventura   While the shocking arrest in May of IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn in connection with an alleged sexual assault dominated the news all over the world, it only complicated a plot that was ...

Europe Capital Performance   The past year has been one of continuing struggle for much of the European banking sector. After a bruising 2009, which was characterized by banking failures and government bailouts, 2010 brought the European sovereign debt crisis. ...

MILESTONES: UNITED KINGDOM   By Anita Hawser   Before the 2008 financial crisis ripped through the world’s markets, the UK’s Financial Services Authority was renowned for its light-touch approach to regulation.   Davies, RPC: Big jump in FSA fines In ...

MILESTONES : PORTUGAL   By Anita Hawser   Sovereign debt in the eurozone is back in the headlines again, with Portugal going cap in hand to the European Union and asking for an emergency bailout.   Debt burden leaves little ...

NEWSMAKERS : ITALY   By Luca Ventura   When the dairy giant Parmalat, a household name in more than 30 countries, collapsed in 2003 with a $20 billion hole in its accounts, Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti fittingly dubbed the ...

Global Finance Announces Best Banks by Region 2011 NEW YORK, April 8, 2011 – Global Finance magazine has announced its annual awards for the World’s Best Banks in Developed and Emerging Markets. For the first time, the selections will be ...

NEWSMAKERS: IRELAND   By Dan Keeler   When Ireland’s voters unceremoniously booted out the Fianna Fail-led government in early March election, they were hoping that new leadership would give the country a fresh start.   IDA’s O’Leary: Confident Humbled by ...

MILESTONES: UNITED KINGDOM / UNITED STATES   By Anita Hawser   Banks are scrambling to launch electronic trading platforms for derivatives transactions such as credit default swaps (CDSs) in an attempt to get ahead of planned regulatory changes aimed at ...

MILESTONES: CANADA / UNITED KINGDOM   By Erik Heinrich   London Stock Exchange: Dominant partner? The proposed merger between the London Stock Exchange (LSE) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) has prompted criticisms that it would not be, as the ...

FOCUS: UK RECOVERY STRATEGY   By Justin Keay   The UK government’s savage spending cuts and deep austerity measures have been touted as a model recovery strategy for stumbling Western economies. Faltering growth is raising questions over the strategy’s validity. ...

NEWSMAKERS: EUROPE   By Justin Keay   Piebalgs: Pressing Europeans to give more Spare a thought for Andris Piebalgs, the EU's development commissioner. At a time when politicians across Europe are telling people to tighten their belts during the toughest ...