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The great British funds rip-off

City thinktank CSFI has been agonizing over whether to bite one of the hands that feeds it. Should it publish a paper by FSA researcher Kevin James which claims that - surprise, surprise - the gullible British public are being ripped off by their fund managers?

January 01, 1999

Opinion

Japan: public finances unravel

The key to prospects for world growth in 1999 is Japan. I expect the US economy to slow during the year and the core of Europe to grow by less than 2%. So the OECD as a whole is unlikely to achieve even 1% real growth this year unless Japan picks up.

David Roche, January 01, 1999

Internet Banking: Will this pig fly?

So far there's no world-beating example of an internet bank. Euromoney and the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation (CSFI) decided to fill the gap in three easy stages. First, drafting the structure. Second, launching a virtual retail bank. Third, diversifying into all areas, to build a veritable Merrill Lynch of the ether. That's the theory. Here's what happened at stage one, as reported by David Shirreff.

January 01, 1999

BANKING

Thai Debt Auction: "We are not running a raffle"

Many of Bangkok's drivers owned riches beyond their wildest dreams - and never even knew about it. Mercedes, houses and even whole companies were in the names of lowly drivers as nominees for their bosses. As Thai authorities now grapple with the black hole of debt which engulfed the country, recovering the massive loans - many made to friends or relatives - is not proving as easy as hoped.

January 01, 1999

BANKING

Moving out of Germany

Asset Management: Allianz wants other people's money

January 01, 1999

BANKING

Mexico: And now for the good news

Prospects for the beleagured Mexican banking sector have improved following an agreement on restructuring that many analysts feel goes beyond expectations

January 01, 1999

BANKING

Pick a benchmark, any benchmark

European Equities: The great equity rebalancing act

January 01, 1999

BANKING

Poll of polls: Overall results

Poll of Polls: Warburg's excellently average performance

January 01, 1999

BANKING

Poll of Polls: Methodology

Poll of Polls: Warburg's excellently average performance

January 01, 1999

BANKING

Prophet of Basle

John Heimann, chairman of the global financial institutions group at Merrill Lynch and a member of the firm's executive management committee, takes up a new position next month. After 14 years at Merrill he is retiring from Merrill to become chairman of the Financial Stability Institute at the Bank for International Settlements.

January 01, 1999

Asset Management: Allianz wants other people's money

Allianz has a 100-year history of managing insurance assets. Internationalization of capital markets, fierce competition in asset management and the arrival of the euro have prompted the company to set up a third-party investment firm. Is Allianz Asset Management ready for the challenge ahead?

Julian Marshall, January 01, 1999

Czech Republic: Banks prepare for privatization

The Czech Republic's voucher privatization left old managements in control of companies still owned - now indirectly - by the state. Though not the only reason for the country's transformation from regional leader to laggard, the mishandled sale of state assets weighs heavy on the economy. Will the government get the sale of the big state-owned banks right? Rebecca Bream reports.

January 01, 1999

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