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The world’s largest banks 2008

The world’s largest banks 2008

Guide to the leading banks across the globe by market capitalization

Country risk index

Country risk index

Bi-annual survey monitoring political and economic stability of 185 sovereign countries

Thursday, March 13, 2008

UBS to appoint David Sidwell as non-executive director





UBS announced today that it is to appoint David Sidwell, the former CFO of Morgan Stanley, as a non-executive director. Marcel Ospel, the chairman of UBS said Sidwell's "extensive banking expertise will only further strengthen our board". Read our February cover story, 'Board stupid', which revealed how few bankers actually sit on the boards of the world's leading financial institutions.

February 2008

Board stupid

Euromoney February 2008

The global banking industry faces its biggest challenge in decades. Hundreds of billions of dollars have been written down and wiped off its market value in the space of just six months. But shareholders looking to independent directors to shore up their interests and make sure the same mistakes do not happen again are likely to be disappointed. The make-up of many banks’ boards of directors means they simply aren’t qualified for the task.

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Citi and Bank of America had a common response to Euromoney’s repeated enquiries into what progress they had made towards their headline-grabbing announcements last year to invest $50 billion and $20 billion respectively in green projects. It would seem the credit crisis has forced grandstanding on the environment down the agenda

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