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Gaining momentum

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A crisis of culture - Valuing ethics and knowledge in financial services

A crisis of culture: Valuing ethics and knowledge in financial services is an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report, sponsored by . It examines the role of integrity and knowledge in restoring culture in the financial services industry and in building a more resilient industry.

Has state intervention in banking gone too far?

In the opening of his book, Lombard Street, Walter Bagehot remarked that he would not pass comment on Peel's Banking Act of 1844 as it was still too controversial to discuss. And he wrote this 25 years after the act was passed. I fear we are still, barely five years after the bubble burst, in that early phase of post-crisis clean-up - it is too early to tell.

The search for growth

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In this mini-briefing paper, sponsored by BNY Mellon, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) compares the fiscal and monetary actions taken and the results obtained in the US, Europe and Japan since the 2008 financial crisis. We ask institutional investors and economists about their views on these policy paths to draw out lessons learned and provide insight into what may be in store for global financial markets and what investment opportunities may arise in the year ahead.

Beyond the status quo

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Beyond the status quo: Searching for value in index products is an Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) report sponsored by Northern Trust Asset Servicing. It is a follow-up briefing paper to our March 2013 executive summary entitled Obtaining value from index products, which drew on a survey of 329 financial industry executives. 

European M&A

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Sovereign debt crises, political uncertainty and weak economic growth across the board have hobbled the recovery of Europe’s M&A market from the body blows delivered by the global financial crisis of 2008. But some of Europe’s charms are enduring for investors who prefer to dig a bit deeper: its stable regulatory environment, its global brands and its skilled talent pool, to name just a few.

Global insurance

Four-fifths of insurers say that their businesses will have to change to produce adequate shareholder returns over the next three years. Insurers are revisiting investment strategies, product lines and operational processes to improve efficiency and maintain profitability. Almost one-third (30%) of respondents predict large-scale change for the insurance industry over the next three years, driven by the low-yield environment and restrictive regulation.

The Good Bank

The Good Bank is an Economist Intelligence Unit
 research programme sponsored by Credit Suisse,
 Mazars and SAP and supported by Capgemini. This programme brought together dozens of experts to 
discuss the best ways to improve banking and what
 that would mean to a wider variety of stakeholders.
 It was fuelled by an online debate and culminated 
in a live webcast that is available globally. This was 
informed by contributions from the online forum,
 desk research and further in-depth interviews with
 banking executives and industry experts.

International business attitudes to corruption

The Economist Intelligence Unit conducted a survey on behalf of Control Risks to explore the attitudes of businesses around the world to corruption. The report, written by Control Risks, can be downloaded  

Long or short (trousers)

Soon the global round of angry G8 street protests will descend on London. This is in spite of the UK government's clever ploy to hold the event in Northern Ireland, a place accustomed to its fair share of civil disturbances over the years and almost as far away from the capital as these British Isles will allow.

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