foster additional non-bank sources of finance, mobilize private savings more efficiently and enhance capital market … finances. In a CMU sovereign risks have to be treated adequately in bank regulation. Third, it should be assessed in advance … which sources of non-bank finance will be demanded by companies and will become systemic. We recommend an integrated …

The paper focuses on the impact of diversification on bank performance and how consolidation through mergers and … indigenous banks, as compared to foreign competitors in the ECCU. We then simulate bank mergers both within and across ECCU … countries by combining individual banks' balance sheets. The simulation shows that a typical indigenous bank could better …