Linkages of Financial Groups in the European Union: Financial Conglomeration Developments in the Old and New Member States

Ulst, who works at the European Investment Bank, surveys banking and insurance undertakings in both the original European Union and the new member states in order to examine the degree of financial conglomeration across those institutions. She also analyzes the strategies used by some important conglomerates in their activities in the new member states, and discusses the reasons for related bank/insurance mergers. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR