The Top 10 Colombian Banks for 2012 Based on Tier 1 Capital Ratio as of December 2011 are shown in the table below: Source: Top Latin American Banks by Country, The Banker BBVA Colombia is the subsidiary of Spanish banking group Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (BBVA) and Citibank Colombia is the subsidiary of the …
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The Tier 1 Capital ratio is a measure of a bank’s financial strength. The Top 10 Banks of Chile based on this measure as of December , 2011 are listed below: Source: Top Latin American Banks by Country, The Banker Scotiabank Chile is a subsidiary of Bank of Novo Scotia (BNS) of Canada. BBVA Chile …
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The global financial crisis and the ongoing European fiscal crisis have exposed the differences in strength of major banks in Europe. As the banking landscape has significantly changed in recent years, investors are trying to separate the wheat from the chaff. Accordingly strong and well-run banks will be preferred by investors while the weaker banks …
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One way to profit from the global growth in energy industry is to invest in companies that provide the infrastructure, equipment, engineering and services to the industry.This strategy follows the theme whereby it is best to invest in firms that provide the tools and services to a specific industry as opposed to investing directly in …
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