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Private bankers in Spain and Portugal are working hard to tap a rapidly increasing group of high-net-worth individuals. In an undeveloped market, foreign banks are fighting over the spoils with local commercial banks that already have strong customer bases and a few local private banks. Clients can expect great personal service, if not the best advice and products.

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The Swiss banking sector is expected to shrink by 2010, forcing job losses and salary cuts, according to recent research.

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HSBC If you had invested $100 in HSBC stock at the end of 1998 and realized that investment at the end of last year, your total return would have been $211. The total shareholder return for a similar investment in a group of HSBC’s peers would have been just $126. The HSBC group might be renowned for conservative capitalization, for being better at containing costs than growing revenues and for a refusal to overpay for entry into certain glamorous business segments, but shareholders have reaped the benefits.

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The new Basle II capital adequacy rules have been approved by central bankers and regulators of the G10 group of nations but banks remain confused about how to implement the credit monitoring requirements.