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Expect Radical Change: "Credit Crunch" Calls for Reassessment of the Universal Banking Model

Published by: TowerGroup

Published: May. 12, 2008 - 7 Pages


Table of Contents


Report Coverage
The Rise of the Universal Banking Model
Adequacy of Capital Reserves
Exhibit 1 World's Top 20 Banks' Tier 1 Capital Ratios (2005-06)
Impact of the Credit Crunch
Strategic Options for Universal Banks
Implications for Technology
Summary

Abstract

This ViewPoint calls on financial service institutions operating as "universal banks" to reexamine the viability of this business model where it has inflicted damage as a result of the recent "credit crunch." Such banks offer an array of diversified financial services straddling the boundaries between consumer, commercial, and investment banking. The credit crunch has spotlighted the interdependencies of credit, liquidity, and market risks in national and global financial systems that have had devastating effects when they were incorrectly assessed and inadequately managed for risk. The ViewPoint concludes by identifying issues universal banks must consider in their reassessment.

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