[eng] Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance . The last twenty years institutional investors became major actors on financial markets. They hold shares of many important firms and so have a strong influence on their management. Authors analyse this influence on the corporate governance...

Financial deregulation played a key role in changes on an international scale. This article examines the impact of deregulation on the business practices of banks. I compare the United States and France between the early 1980s and the 2007–2008 crisis and show the effects of similar policies...

Combining incisive theoretical analysis with shrewd contributions by leading authors, from both the academic and professional world of banking, who are well placed to offer real insight into the current realities of the sector, this book addresses a diverse range of issues. These include...

[eng] Dow Jones, CAC 40 and SBF 120 : why the CAC 40 is more volatile ? . The notion that the financial markets are inherently efficient is a theory widely accepted by many researchers and professionals. It puts into question methods that seek to predict the ups and downs of financial assets....

[fre] La mise en place de la monnaie unique européenne, l’euro, à partir de janvier 1999 modifiera en profondeur l’environnement des principales places financières en Europe. La concurrence entre Londres, Paris et Francfort ne peut que s’accroître pour attirer les capitaux étrangers...

[eng] Banking competition and concentration in Europe . The process of concentration in the banking sector is an established phenomenon in Europe. However, most combinations have remained limited to national frameworks, and no major Pan-European fusion involving prominent players has yet taken...

[eng] European banking consolidation . A period of banking consolidation opened at the beginning of the nineties. The number of mergers and acquisitions has sharply increased both in Europe and the United States. However, M&A operations in Europe have been mainly domestic, although financial...