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Critical Issues in the Financial Industry

SOMO Financial Sector Report
Myriam vander Stichele
April 2005
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This SOMO report critically analyses the functioning and regulation of banks, insurance companies and other firms in the financial industry.

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 Although the financial industry is a crucial player in corporate globalisation, e.g. through its “investment banking”, civil society scantly monitors the private financial sector. This report aims at explaining the terms used in the private financial sector and increasing the understanding of its functioning.

Myriam vander Stichele

Senior Researcher, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (SOMO)

Myriam Vander Stichele  has been monitoring international trade negotiations and agreements since 1990, both at a regional and global level. She is an advisor to many NGOs whose indepth research on investment agreements and policies, and private investor strategies has sparked many international campaigns.

With an M.Phil in International Relations from Cambridge, Myriam's research is particularly focussed on the financial, food and supermarkets sectors, and the corporate strategies and services liberalisation related to these.

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Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations