Financial services: Challenges and prospects. Overview report

This report from the European Monitoring Centre on Change (EMCC) reviews the economic trends in the banking and insurance industries and the debate on the regulation of financial markets. It looks in detail at the business models that are being applied as a response to the recent financial crisis. Finally, it develops scenarios for the potential adaptation process of the European financial services sector.

• Primary Source

Eurofound: Press Release, 12.10.10: Spelling out scenarios for Europe's financial services sector http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/press/releases/2010/101012.htm

Eurofound: Financial services: Challenges and prospects: Executive summary http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/481/en/2/EF10481EN.pdf

Eurofound: Financial services: Challenges and prospects: Methodology http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/482/en/1/EF10482EN.pdf

Eurofound: Financial services: Challenges and prospects - Case study: Generali http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2010/484/en/1/EF10484EN.pdf

Eurofound: EMCC: EMCC Dossier on the financial services sector http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/content/source/eu10001a.htm?p1=emcc_dossier&p2=null

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