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Row 2 - LEADERS
Its acquisition of Citi’s retail banking business in the Philippines has proven to be a challenge. It has put pressure on the bank’s capital buffers, while Citi’s high-end customers have shown a preference for international players.
Bank of Cyprus’s decision to shift its listing back to Athens also shows how far Greece has recovered.
When Piyush Gupta was named chief executive of DBS in 2009, the Singapore lender was going nowhere in particular. He gave it drive and direction, buying assets around Asia and transforming it into the world’s best bank. A series of tech outages put him in the spotlight for the wrong reasons, but Gupta will leave DBS in March with his head held high and his legacy intact. His capable and charismatic successor Tan Su Shan, the first woman to run southeast Asia’s largest bank, has big shoes to fill.
The Siena-based bank has a better bill of health and is once again a target in Italy.
Row 3 - COLUMNS / MACA / FRONT END

Row 3 - COLUMNS / MACA / FRONT END