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Tables of Contents for High Finance in the Euro Zone
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Preface
xi
The long road travelled
xiv
Europe today
xv
What this book is about
xix
Acknowledgements
xix
PART I LEGACIES AND FORCES OF CHANGE
The euro and financial sector reconfiguration
3
32
Suppositions
5
5
Reconfiguration of euro-zone financial services
10
4
Searching for operating economies and revenue synergies
14
7
Market structures in euro-zone financial services
21
5
Universal banks and financial conglomerates
26
5
Strategic options
31
4
Towards a single financial market in Europe
35
30
The regulatory setting
36
4
The euro-zone framework
40
7
The net regulatory burden
47
2
The battle of financial centres
49
10
The way forward
59
6
PART II DEVELOPMENT OF THE NEW EURO MARKETPLACE
The market for fixed income securities
65
30
The rebirth of European financial markets
65
4
Euromarket characteristics
69
8
National bond markets in Europe
77
3
The markets after the euro
80
9
The revolution
89
6
Equities, markets and exchanges
95
38
The modernization of European equity markets
96
12
Changing investor behaviour
108
5
Venture capital and private equity investments
113
8
After 2000
121
3
Competitive dynamics
124
9
Mergers and acquisitions
133
32
Merger booms
134
10
Characteristics of European M&A transactions
144
11
Mergers in the financial services industry
155
5
The outlook
160
5
Privatization
165
32
The great debate
166
3
Why privatize?
169
3
Patterns of privatization in the EU
172
5
The privatization process
177
13
Privatization and investment banking competition in the euro-zone
190
7
Evolving patterns of corporate governance and control
197
30
Financial institutions as a central element in corporate control systems
198
9
The role of public officials
207
1
Patterns of convergence and divergence
208
3
Comparative performance issues
211
5
Transition in financial systems
216
2
Corporate governance in the euro-zone
218
9
The ongoing revolution in asset management
227
46
Asset management in a financial intermediation framework
229
2
Mutual funds
231
11
Pension funds
242
10
Asset management for private clients
252
4
Restructuring of the asset management industry in Europe
256
2
Institutional asset pools and capital market development
258
6
Future directions
264
9
PART III LOOKING AHEAD
The lie of the land: future competitive parameters
273
24
Macro-economic policy and financial market dynamics
274
7
Capital market dynamics and competitive structure
281
10
Creating and maintaining a high-performance culture
291
4
Where next?
295
2
The new frontiers: strategies for success
297
22
The great US recovery
297
3
European banking restructuring
300
6
Major components of European banking strategy
306
8
Facing the future
314
2
Some untried approaches
316
3
References
319
6
Index
325