The Competitiveness of Financial Institutions and Centres in Europe

A Opening Addresses.- I Introduction.- II The Irish Financial Sector in the European Context.- III European Financial Intermediaries and Markets: Lines of Development in an International Context.- IV Is Competitiveness a Dangerous Obsession in the Financial World?.- B Technologies, Products and Markets.- V Banking on Real Estate.- VI Les Surcapacités Bancaires en France.- VII The Screen-Based Market in Government Securities in Italy.- VIII Economies, Inefficiencies and Technical Progress in Swiss Banking.- C The Strategies of Financial Institutions.- IX Efficiency and Banking Strategies in Spain.- X A Case Study on Business Strategies of Austrian Banks.- XI Estonian Strategies in the Reconstruction of its Monetary System.- XII Wholly-Owned Ventures Versus Strategic Alliances in Financial Services Diversification.- XIII New Competitive Strategies in the Italian Financial Services Industry.- XIV Bridge, Poker and Banking.- D Competitiveness and the Competitive Position of International Centres in Europe.- XV The Paris MATIF in the Light of Globalization and Intense Competition.- XVI The Competitive Position of Germany as a Financial Centre as Seen by a Central Banker.- XVII Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre: A Review.- XVIII Japan’s Financial Markets: Their Competitiveness and Internationalization.- XIX The Internationalisation of the Belgian Banking Sector: A Comparison with the Netherlands.- XX Competition and Financial Centres in Europe: London as a Case Study.- XXI The Swiss Financial Centre Revisited.- E Regulatory Issues and the Management of Systemic Risks in the New Competitive Enironment.- XXII Financial Fragility and Macroeconomic Performance. An Overview.- XXIII Market Liquidity Risk.- XXIV Bank Stability, Deposit Insurance and Regulation.-XXV Les Systèmes de Paiements dans L’intégration Européenne: Enjeu pour les Banques Centrales.- XXVI Deregulation and Financial Fragility: A Case Study of the UK and Scandinavia.- XXVII Default Risk Exposure in Foreign Exchange Rate Derivatives.- XXVIII Governments’ Strategies: the Nordic Banking Industries after the Crises.- F Concluding Address.- XXIX General Report on the Colloquium.