, competition, technology and other developments have extended the frontiers of banking into the wider and ever-expanding financial … services industry. Bank Strategies and Challenges in the New Europe brings together the work of leading European researchers in … the convergence of EU banking sectors, competition, regional investment, offshore banking, capital adequacy and risk …

of bank and stock market performance in the crisis, to other areas such as microinsurance and social lending. …

, cost efficiency, bank stability, credit risk and business models for the wealth management industry. …

investigations. It analyzes the importance of drivers in creating value and develops a new measure of bank efficiency. …

selection of papers were presented at the Wolpertinger Conference held in Valletta, Malta, 2012 and provide insights into bank … performance, banking risk, securitisation, bank stability, sovereign debt and derivatives. …

Despite the wall of evidence that bank mergers add little or no value, investors and management continue to fuel the … prospect of more cross-border mergers and modest short-term cost savings argues for a new pact between investors and bank …

European banking is now changing at an unprecedented rate; competition and efficiency are now dominant banking concerns … strategic development of banking in the EU. The first nine chapters explore efficiency, competition and various aspects of the …