ABSTRACT

In this book leading financial professionals and academics examine the prospects for the European single currency. The impact of the Euro is assessed in terms of risks and opportunities for financial intermediaries, challenges for monetary and supervisory authorities and issues for portfolio management and corporate finance.

part |56 pages

Keynote speeches

chapter 1|8 pages

The euro

A challenge to, and opportunity for, financial markets

chapter 3|10 pages

‘One size fits all?'

EMU and Procrustes

chapter 4|28 pages

Evolving ambitions in Europe's monetary unification

The Robert Marjolin Lecture

part |109 pages

Risks and opportunities for commercial banks and other financial intermediaries

chapter 7|16 pages

Eurobanking

The strategic issues

chapter 8|28 pages

Are financial conglomerates and universal banks efficient?

Evidence from European banking

part |89 pages

Challenges to monetary and supervisory authorities

part |127 pages

Issues for portfolio management and corporate finance