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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With the election over, the U.S. is now currently bogged in the over-hyped political issue called the “fiscal cliff“. We can expect the media to focus on this political drama as the lead story for the rest of the year. An important measure to describe a country’s finances is the measure of tax receipts, the …
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