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  • The House of Rothschild doesn't look as solid as it used to. In a world of supermarket banks, the days of the corner shop may be numbered ­ even if it has the best name in the business. But Rothschild is fighting the trends with a major reorganization. Brian Caplen analyzes the plan and looks at the vexed issue of succession
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  • By March 1998 Europe's biggest futures exchanges will launch the first contracts to be settled in euros. Only the fittest will survive. London, Paris and Frankfurt are locked in combat to win the greatest prizes of all ­ those dominant futures contracts in short-term and medium-term interest rates. David Shirreff reports
  • The near-collapse of Agrobanka, the Czech Republic's fifth-ranked bank, has highlighted the aggressive activities of investment companies such as Pavel Tykac's Motoinvest. Philip Eade reports on the elements of the crisis and the chances that lessons have been learnt from it
  • Ecuador's populist new president came to power on a wave of dissatisfaction with the status quo. He has already developed a reputation for eccentricity, not least for economic policies that threaten to alienate the international community. There is also worrying evidence of cronyism and an authoritarian approach to foreign investors. By Norman Peagam
  • US banks still go through contortions to get round the crumbling Glass-Steagall Act, which limits their securities business. But action by the US Federal Reserve will reduce some of the balance-sheet gymnastics required. It will bring one dramatic step nearer the day when banks and securities firms might merge. Michelle Celarier reports
  • What will be the effect of European economic and monetary union (Emu) on the rest of the world? Will the euro be strong or weak? How will Emu affect world trade and global currency coordination? There are plenty of wild guesses. David Shirreff consults a handful of experts
  • 1996 was not a good year for Thailand. Economic problems piled up as thick as Bangkok's legendary traffic and the pundits forecast a Mexico-style accident. But the Big Mango, as Thailand's capital city is known, did not go splat ­ thanks to skilful technocrats who steered the country to safety. It's early days but the worst could be over, reports Gill Baker
  • Family businesses often fight shy of the exposure required by a stock exchange listing. Yet if family firms need fresh capital for growth or to meet the competition, a public offering needn't spell the end of family control. James Featherstone looks at the state of European private-company flotation and the investment strategies of 13 family-controlled businesses.
  • What sovereigns do, corporates will try to do better. Many have taken advantage of good conditions to stretch maturities and smooth out repayments. Some Mexican issuers have even managed to price tighter than their government, reports David Pilling
  • A special report prepared by the Capital Markets Centre of Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA
  • by David Roche