In today's competitive banking industry, institutional banking isattracting greater interest. Under the globalization umbrella,inter-bank business is undergoing dynamic change and istranscending the boundaries of traditional correspondent banking.In today's climate, no bank, regardless of size, can grow withoutthe cooperation of other banks and no bank can hope to survive andprosper without utilizing emerging markets. Institutional bankingin emerging countries has some unique functions: for example,problem solving is heavier and more crucial in emerging marketsthan in developed countries, given the irregularity of the marketand non-transparency of the financial/legal systems. Moreover, itis particularly necessary to forge good relationships, day-to-daycontact and personal communication, to provide better chances forproduct marketing and risk management. Products are thereforetailor-made and adapted as the situation dictates, a successfullesson for one case in one country cannot necessarily be repeatedin another.
Huang provides a systematic framework for the subject combiningboth principles and practice. The direct experience of the author,allows him to write authoritatively about the subject with academicvigour as well as a large amount of practical knowledge which onlya practitioner can provide.
The book contains numerous real life examples and case studiesto allow the reader an insight into how Institutional Bankingactually works in the real world. The book also contains asupplementary CD which includes chapter summary's and furtherinformation.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials arenot included as part of eBook file.
WEI-XIN HUANG is Adjunct Professor for Finance andAccounting, Webster University, Leiden and teaches at theMaastricht School of Management (MSM). His teaching includescourses at MBA, DBA, and EMBA level, including InternationalFinance, Financial Institutions and Capital Markets, InternationalTrade, Risk Management in Banking, Investment Bank and Fundmanagement. He is also a regular Guest Lecturer at variousuniversities in Europe and the Far East. He is a consultant on AsiaProjects for both Deloitte & Touche International, Holland andfor the European Savings Banks Association.
He is the Senior Manager and Far East Specialist at FortisbankSA/NV, in Rotterdam, Netherlands.He has been a career banker withFortisbank since 1990, when he joined ex-Mees Pierson before thetake-over of Fortis – the resulting Fortisbank has itsheadquarters in Brussels and has employees operating throughout theworld. During this period he worked in the business line foremerging markets. He was in charge of Asia before the merger withGeneral Bank and later transferred to Brussels as Area Head ofNorth Asia. He has worked along this line and has been active ininstitutional banking for most of his banking career.
Alongside this, Huang also delivers training for bankers inemerging markets both internally and externally. As an adjunctprofessor in several universities, he also teaches banking andfinance for MBA/EMBA/DBA students. With his hands-on bankingbackground he has the rare privilege of being a bridge between theacademic ivory tower and the banking reality.
