| Making
It Work
By Steve Klinkerman
— Terry Murray prevailed in the New England takeover
wars, building Fleet Financial Group into a banking powerhouse.
Now he must position the company for revenue growth and
new financial services competition.
Breaching
the Walls Between Banking and Commerce
By James R. Barth, R.
Dan Brumbaugh Jr., and Glenn Yago — Ending
legal separations between banking and commerce would enhance
efficiency and level the international playing field for
U.S. banks, contend economists James R. Barth, R. Dan
Brumbaugh Jr. and Glenn Yago.
As
Good As It Gets
By Kenneth Cline —
Banks continue to enjoy a favorable lending environment
and sterling credit quality. But chief credit officers
say these halcyon days can't last forever.
Risk vs.
Reward: Tilting Out of Balance?
While commercial portfolios still
look clean, Standard & Poor's analyst Tanya Azarchs
warns that eroding underwriting standards will come back
to haunt banks in the next recession.
Vital Signs
Instead of capitalizing on performance data, managers
often drown in it, says Arthur Andersen's Clyde Kofman,
who suggests aligning critical metrics with strategy and
incentives to get the most from modern information systems.
Patient Capital
Two years after acquiring an investment banking and brokerage
firm, officers of National City Corp. are upbeat about
the transaction, but caution it takes time to get a piece
of the big underwriting deals.
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