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About us Membership News & Events Qualifications International RDR Chartered Banker Diploma CPD Schools Member & Students Your details Getting Involved Student Support Professional Banker Resources Chartered Banker Diploma Modules Pre Nov 11 CB Assignments CPD Material CPD Register (Members) Workbook library Downloads Chartered Banker Magazine Membership Offers Logout Membership Application Forms Enquiries Email: membership Tel: +44(0)131 473 7777 Email Page Print Friendly Page Resize Text Up Resize Text Down Email this page Email this page Email to: To name: Email address: Email from: Your name: Email address: Message: (max 1,000 characters) * Required	June/July 2011: Special Report Contents SPECIAL REPORT: The world's your oyster: the search for treasure overseas For those that survived the crisis of the last three years, there’s scarcely time to draw breath. The UK’s leading banks have made patchy progress in restoring their profit lines, but the domestic outlook doesn’t promise any dramatic recovery. So, the search is on for growth in overseas markets, particularly in the emerging economies of Asia and South America. In this Special Report, Chartered Banker examines the tactics, strategies and the professional challenges that lie ahead. Speeding over the hazards ahead Even for those players with the most promising exposure to the world’s accelerating economies, there’s a real worry about the speed bumps in their path. ANDREW STONE on banking’s global prospects. Sovereign risk: rules that reign How the agencies rate a country can be useful, reports SHAYLA WALMSLEY, but they don’t provide the last word on a national economy. In practice, it can be more nerve-wracking to fall than to scrape along the bottom. Who pulls the strings? The ratings agencies are bouncing back, reports KEITH AITKEN. Castigated by regulators for their pre-crisis role as ‘banking’s puppets’, the benchmarkers of sovereign debt continue to exert a formidable influence. Under pressure Last year’s ‘stress testing’ of Europe’s banks was widely denounced for clearing several which then had to be bailed out. This year’s tests are tougher, but JOHN THIRWELL wonders if they’re tough enough to forestall a crisis. Fast track chameleon Johan de Wit is all in favour of ‘sending the blue-eyed potentials abroad to learn’. But, in an impressive global career with ING, the Dutch financial services conglomerate, he recognises the pitfalls. MICK JAMES reports. Institute outreach: "It's education not regulation that changes the world" The professional banking institutes of the world have a crucial collaborative role in helping to rebuild public trust, argues SIMON THOMPSON. Lowdown on the High St As banking adjusts to its huge contemporary challenges, one area of flux is the high street presence of the sector’s retailers. ROWAN MORRISON examines how branch strategies are changing in the UK and Europe. When a Bank is a wine bar Denmark’s Jyske Bank has transformed the look and feel of its 119 branches. Director of Communications FRANK PEDERSEN explains its revolutionary approach. Are we ambitious enough? Innes Ledingham, a Director, Financial Services Consulting at PwC in Scotland, argues that the financial services sector needs to collaborate to unlock its considerable growth potential. A 'breathtaking opportunity' - that elephant in our room Europe’s scheme to create a single way to manage direct debit payments is revolutionising business across 32 countries. JOHN SALTER explains why he’s so excited. Back to Magazine contents page	Chartered Banker - the premier qualification for professionals in financial services Chartered Banker is the most prestigous qualification in the world for bankers and financial professionals. Specialised Certificate Level Courses - dedicated learning for all levels of experience. Professional advancement across selected areas of expertise in key banking and financial services sectors. Specialised Diploma Courses - qualifications of choice for individuals and organisations. Market-leading knowledge and skills across the banking and financial services industry. Diploma in Financial Services - a measure of advanced professionalism. A comprehensive qualification universally recognised as a sign of enhanced tactical expertise. Regulatory Qualifications Framework - delivering accredited expertise Qualifications to meet compliance requirements and advanced professional and ethical standards. We need to make sure our people have the opportunities to learn and qualify right across the full range of disciplines. Graeme Hartop, Managing Director, Scottish Widows Bank “We need to make sure our people have the opportunities to learn and qualify right across the full range of disciplines.” The Chartered Banker programme provides broad, flexible skill sets and a wide range of ways to achieve the qualification. Philip Grant, Managing Director, UK Private Banking at Lloyds Banking Group “The syllabus is very good for the banking industry.It fully recognises the changes in the way financial services are put together and the skills and expertise that are required.” “We rely on the broad range of skills that the Institute provides.” Jim Lindsay, General Manager, Airdrie Savings Bank The Professional Banker Certificate and Professional Banker Diploma Performance Through Professionalism There are still a few places left on the Skills Exchange Network event, "Raise your Game" taking place from 1.30pm - 5pm on Thursday 20th May. With less than two weeks to go until this workshop takes place, you will have to be quick to confirm your attendance! This is a unique session to help you build on your Teamwork, Performance and Leadership skills by introducing you to an environment where such skills are absolutely critical, but approached in a different way than in business. This half day workshop will use models and practical exercises from top level Rugby and Athletics to help you to re-think what counts in your everyday performance and will present you with a new set of tools that you can take back to the office. For more details and booking instructions visit the "News & Events" section of the site.
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