| Headline: E-finance - Treasure chest for capital markets Source: Euromoney Date: May 2000 Author: Boris Antl Most financial institutions see the internet as the future for distribution and trading of financial products, mostly for retail. But web-based products are being developed to provide a competitive advantage in far more complex businesses. The entire landscape of the wholesale financial services industry is set to change as a result. Boris Antl reports Corporate treasurers and investment managers are showing an increasing interest in using the internet to improve efficiency and to access information and sophisticated risk evaluation and management tools. There are substantial challenges to market participants in this new world. But companies that duck the e-finance challenge risk being left behind. Euromoney reviews some of the latest online services provided by leading financial institutions - and by new competitors - to corporate treasurers and risk managers. The survey is not comprehensive: the financial institutions and other firms have been selected to illustrate the types and scope of web-based products and services on offer, now or soon. Nor does it cover all the electronic products of the participating institutions, only those relevant to treasury and risk management operations. |