Financial Services Revolution Research Articles

Brand strategy in the retail banking sector: Adapting to the financial services revolution

Segmentation has long been regarded as the cornerstone of a successful marketing strategy and acts as a substantive source of differentiation and competitive advantage. The alternative is an unfocused generic strategy not based on the specific needs and wants of a defined target group. For instance, in the car market, companies such as Mercedes and Volvo clearly design, price and brand their offerings to compete in very specific sectors of the market and to appeal to defined psychographic groups.

The Darwinian shakeout in financial services—an interim report

This article describes the dramatic changes which have taken place in leading banks, insurance companies and building societies during the financial services revolution which has completely restructured the industry, transformed levels of productivity, multiplied the returns to shareholders, senior executives, fund managers and city traders and left hundreds of thousands of people unemployed or prematurely retired.

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The Financial services revolution: understanding the changing role of banks, mutual funds, and insurance companies

Reviews the major issues challenging the current regulatory environment. The text analyzes banks and insurance companies moving away from their traditional business operations to enter into investment management. It considers the increasing role of mutual funds in the financial services industry.

The state and the financial services revolution: A comparative analysis

The creation of a single European market in financial services is a small part of a bigger story: the financial services revolution in the leading financial centres of the advanced capitalist world. A revolution usually pictured in the language of deregulation is in reality something very different: a series of seismic changes in regulatory structures caused by the combined ambitions of corporate actors and national governments. Regulation is driven both by struggles for competitive advantage and by the pressures of democratic politics. The result is a regulatory system which is highly unstable.

The politics of the financial services revolution: the USA, UK and Japan

Acknowledgements - Corporatism, Regulation and Financial Services - The United States: Meso-corporatism and Industrial Change - The United Kingdom: Meso-corporatism and Industrial Decline - Japan: Meso-corporatism and Industrial Power - States, Scandals and Financial Markets - Notes - Index