EuroFinance: Market Focus 2003

Published by: Key Note Publications Ltd

Published: Mar. 1, 2003 - 133 Pages

Table of Contents

• Introduction
  
• Country Focus — Germany
  
• Country Focus — Austria
  
• Country Focus — Luxembourg
  
• Companies In The News — Swiss Banks
  
• Topic Spotlight — General Insurers Seek Silver Linings
  
• Data Trends — Key Figures Across The Eu And Beyond
  
• Europe Now

1. Country Focus — Germany

• Death Of The Deutschmark — Decline Of A Powerhouse Economy
  
• Germans Want Their Deutschmark Back
  
• Table 1: Annual Gross Domestic Product At Constant 1995 Prices (Ebn), Fourth Quarter 2000-Third Quarter 2002
  
• Government Desperate For More Cash
  
• New Mega Ministry Makes Life Tougher For The Unemployed
  
• Little Scope To Increase Taxes
  
• Iron Curtain Legacy
  
• Table 2: Comparison Of Old (Western) And New (Eastern) Länder By Demographic And Economic Criteria (%), 2001
  
• Figure 1: Population, Unemployment And Contribution To Gdp In The Western Länder (%), 2001
  
• Figure 2: Population, Unemployment And Contribution To Gdp In The Eastern Länder (%), 2001
  
• Euro Makes German Devaluation Impossible
  
• Savings Dip
  
• Banking `Precarious'
  
• Few Banks Have Freedom To Go Global
  
• Table 3: Germany's Largest Banking Groups By Total Assets, Number Of Branch Offices And Staff, And Ownership (Em, % And Number), 2001
  
• Consumers Avoid Spending
  
• Market Opportunity In Pensions?
  
• `Safe Haven' Is Attraction

2. Country Focus — Austria

• Extreme Politics
  
• Secrecy Aids Economy
  
• New Eu Members Vital For Austrian Banking
  
• Austrian Government's Soaring Need For Revenue

3. Country Focus — Luxembourg

• The Anomaly Of Little Luxembourg
  
• Opposition To Withholding Tax
  
• Table 4: Financial Centres Ranked By External Assets ($Bn And %), As At 31st December 2001
  
• Table 5: Luxembourg's Banks Ranked By Non-Consolidated Net Profit (Em), 2001
  
• Table 6: Luxembourg's Banks Ranked By Non-Consolidated Balance Sheet Total (Ebn), 2001

4. Companies In The News — Swiss Banks

• Unremitting Pressure To Lift Secrecy Veil
  
• Conflicts Of Interest
  
• Lucky 13 For Ubs
  
• Table 7: Banks And Insurers Among Switzerland's Largest Companies, 2002
  
• Table 8: Financial Results For Leading Swiss Financial Services Companies (Sfrm, %, Sfr And Sfrbn), 2001
  
• Table 9: Financial Results For Leading Swiss Financial Services Companies (Sfrm And %), First Half Of 2002
  
• Foreign Markets Crucial For General And Reinsurance
  
• Table 10: Premiums Received By Swiss Insurers (Sfrbn And Ebn), 2001

5. Topic Spotlight — General Insurers Seek Silver Linings

• Shadow Of 11th September
  
• Floods Cash Call
  
• Deficits In Germany
  
• Trouble At The Top
  
• Table 11: Allianz's Property And Casualty Insurance Performance (Em And %), First Three Quarters Of 2001 And 2002
  
• Insurance Mediation Directive
  
• Contest For Eastern Promise
  
• Figure 3: The Czech Republic — Ownership Of The Five Largest Financial Groups By Assets ($M), 1st January 2002
  
• Figure 4: Hungary — Ownership Of The Five Largest Financial Groups By Assets ($M), 1st January 2002
  
• Figure 5: Poland — Ownership Of The Five Largest Financial Groups By Assets ($M), 1st January 2002
  
• Figure 6: Croatia, Slovakia And Slovenia — Ownership Of The Five Largest Financial Groups By Assets ($M), 1st January 2002
  
• Bright Spots?

6. Data Trends — Key Figures Across The EU And Beyond

• Population And Population Change — Indigenous And By Migration
  
• Eu To Become Less Significant
  
• Table 12: Forecast World Population By Ten Most Populous Countries, The Eu And Other Countries (Million), 2000 And 2050
  
• Figure 7: Forecast World Population By Ten Most Populous Countries, The Eu And Other Countries (Million), 2000 And 2050
  
• Table 13: Forecast Population In The Ten Most Populous Islamic States And The UK (Million), 2000, 2025 And 2050
  
• Figure 8: Forecast Population In The Ten Most Populous Islamic States And The UK (Million), 2000, 2025 And 2050
  
• Hidden Problem Of Funding Eastern Europe
  
• Public Sector Spending
  
• Table 14: Government Debt In Eu Countries As A Percentage Of Gdp (%), 2000 And 2001
  
• Figure 9: Government Debt As A Percentage Of Gdp (%), 2001
  
• Table 15: Annual Surpluses And Deficits In Government Spending Within The Eurozone (% Of Gdp), 1998-2001 74
  
• Table 16: Labour Force Participation And Employment Rates In Selected Countries (%), 2002 And 2004
  
• Figure 10: Labour Force Participation And Employment Rates In Selected Countries (%), 2002
  
• Savings — Short And Long Term
  
• Table 17: Household Savings Rates As A Percentage Of Disposable Household Income (%), 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 And 2002
  
• Table 18: Per Capita Financial Wealth Based On Purchasing Power Parities In The Six Largest Eu Markets (E And %), As At 31st December 1995 And 2000
  
• Figure 11: Per Capita Financial Wealth Based On Purchasing Power Parities In The Six Largest Eu Markets (E), As At 31st December 1995 And 2000
  
• Table 19: Financial Wealth Per Capita As A Percentage Of Gross Disposable Income In The Us, Japan And The Six Largest Eu Markets (%), As At 31st December 1995 And 2000
  
• Table 20: Composition Of Financial Wealth In The Six Largest Eu Markets (_ Per Capita), As At 31st December 2000
  
• Figure 12: Composition Of Financial Wealth In The Six Largest Eu Markets (_ Per Capita), As At 31st December 2000
  
• Table 21: Composition Of Financial Wealth By The Average Of The Eu's Six Largest Eu Markets Compared With Japan, The Us And UK (_ Per Capita), As At 31st December 2000
  
• Figure 13: Composition Of Financial Wealth By The Average Of The Eu's Six Largest Eu Markets Compared With Japan, The Us And UK (_ Per Capita), As At 31st December 2000
  
• Table 22: Net Wealth Per Household In The Six Largest Eu Markets, The Us And Japan (_), As At 31st December 2000
  
• Consumer Credit
  
• Table 23: Consumer Credit In Western Europe, The Us And Japan (%), End Of 2001†
  
• Mortgages
  
• Table 24: Household Wealth And Indebtedness Including Mortgages In Selected Countries (%), 2001
  
• Figure 14: Household Wealth And Indebtedness Including Mortgages In Selected Countries (%), 2001
  
• Table 25: Households' Net Wealth In Selected Countries (% Of Disposable Income), 1990-2001
  
• Figure 15: Households' Net Wealth In Selected Countries, 1990-2001
  
• Applicant Countries: Data Overview
  
• Table 26: Population, Gdp And Labour Costs In Eu Applicant Countries Ranked By Gdp Per Capita (Million, Ebn And E), 2001
  
• Leading Financial Groups
  
• Table 27: Europe's Leading Financial Groups (Em And %), 2002

7. Europe Now

• Belgium — Kbc Achieves Against The Trend
  
• Belgium — Dexia Faces Legal Action
  
• EU — Pan-European Co-Ordination
  
• Europe — `Uncooperative' Tax Havens
  
• Denmark —Referendum On Euro
  
• Finland — Insurer Expands In Latvia
  
• France — Axa's Disposals
  
• France — Contest For Crédit Lyonnais
  
• Global — Leading Languages
  
• Global — Norway Top Of Profitable Companies Table
  
• Italy — Sai Fondiaria Monopoly Ruling
  
• Italy — Life Insurers Benefit From Low Exposure To Equities
  
• Spain — Banks Face Narrow Margins
  
• Spain/France — Banks Link To Pay Pensions
  
• Spain/UK — Banking Ties Loosen
  
• UK — Britannic Bombshell
  
• UK — Hsbc Targets Top World Spot
  
• UK — Lloyds Tsb Chooses Latin American Specialist
  
• UK/The Netherlands — Aviva's Dutch Treat

9. Further Sources

• Austria (Eurozone)
  
• Belgium (Eurozone)
  
• Denmark (Outside The Eurozone)
  
• Europe
  
• European Union
  
• Eurozone
  
• Finland
  
• France (Eurozone)
  
• Germany (Eurozone)
  
• Greece (Eurozone)
  
• Italy (Eurozone)
  
• Luxembourg (Eurozone)
  
• The Netherlands/Belgium (Eurozone)
  
• The Netherlands (Eurozone)
  
• Portugal (Eurozone)
  
• The Republic Of Ireland (Eurozone)
  
• Spain (Eurozone)
  
• Sweden (Outside The Eurozone)
  
• Switzerland (Outside The European Union And The Eurozone)
  
• UK (Outside The Eurozone)
  
• International
  
• Bonnier Information Sources
  
• Other Sources

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