Issue:
Spring 2006
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Foreword:
Steven
Jameson, Editor
Important aspects of the financial
sector
News:
A round
up of what's been
happening in the market
place
Meeting Point:
SIX STIGMA IN DATA WAREHOUSING
The primary reason that corporations
introduce Six Sigma into data
warehousing boils down to cost
reduction.
HOW TO DISSECT
MUTUAL FUND RETURNS
January 1, 2006, a leading financial
daily reported the trailing 1-year
and 5-year returns of Fidelity
Contrafund (NASDAQ: FCNTX), a no-
load mutual fund, as 16.23% and 6.21% respectively.
HOW FINANCIAL
GLOBALISATION AND INTEGRATION: WHATS NEXT? A FORWARD - LOOKING
PERSPECTIVE
Economic and financial imbalances
between the main economic regions
of the world continue to widen.This
is hardly sustainable over time
respectively.
Country Profile:
THE BUSINESS
IMPACT OF BASEL II SINKING IN AS CANADIAN BANKS STRUGGLE
WITH IMPLEMENTATION
Data management issues are creating
unique and unexpected challenges for Canadian banks, as
national and global financial institutions alike focus on
meeting the requirements of Basel II.
THE CANADIAN
FINANCIAL SERVICES SECTOR
Canada’s financial sector represents
6% of the country’s GDP. In 2003, banks represented
the largest portion of the financial services sector, reporting
$1,257 billion in domestic assets, or over 55 per cent of
the sector’s total assets in Canada.
EMERGING
IFC's
A Look at Global Developing
Financial Centres.
Industry
Insight:
MOBILE PAYMENTS
- HOW TO MAKE THEM A SUCCESS
The success of mobile payment products
will have a great influence on the development of mobile
content services and the growth of the mobile market shareholders.
CAN
YOU MAKE A KILLING IN THE SECURITIES MARKET IN 2007?
Imagine a world a world in which
either all investors have costless access to currently available
access about the future, all investors are good analysts,
all investors pay close attention to market prices and adjust
their holdings appropriately.
DRIVERS FOR CHANGE IN PAYMENT
AND SECURITIES SETTLEMENT SYSTEMS
The payments business accounts for
a considerable share of costs and revenues in the banking
industry.
THE GROWTH OF PENSION FUNDS AND
FINANCIAL MARKETS: IMPLICATIONS FOR CENTRAL BANKS
There can be little doubts that the
growth of pension funds is bound to affect the structure
and functioning of financial markets, in different ways.
TRADING
FOREIGN EXCHANGE THE BLACK BOX WAY
There’s an ongoing debate among
financial experts about the determinants of portfolio returns.Some
maintain that
asset allocation accounts for up to 90 percent of long-term
gains.
Reference:
FORTHCOMING
EVENTS
Important dates for your diary
DIRECTORY
Associations, IFC's, Central Banks
and Technology
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