The Banker

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The Banker
The Banker, July 2006
Editor
Categories
Frequency	monthly
Paid Circulation	26,944
First Issue	1926
Company	Financial Times Group
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Website
ISSN	unknown

Established in 1926, The Banker is the premier magazine and acknowledged journal of record for the world's investment, retail and commercial banking sectors.

Published on a monthly basis with an ABC certified circulation of over 27,000, the magazine offers an unrivalled combination of authoritative news, features, surveys and heavyweight interviews. The Banker carries the brand name of the Financial Times group, and provides essential reading for the cream of the world’s financial decision makers across the banking and corporate sectors. Being part of the Financial Times group The Banker has unique access to the most influential decision makers in the financial markets.

1 Content
2 Awards
3 Events
4 External links

[edit] Content

BRACKEN
Named after Brendan Bracken, founder of The Banker, this regular column provides a discussion of viewpoints on improvement of the global financial system.

KARINA’S KOLUMN
Interviews with the prime ministers, presidents and finance ministers that shape the world of international finance and politics. Recent high-profile interviews include Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister, Singapore; Dr. Y V Reddy, Governor of the Reserve Bank of India; Antonio Brufau, Chairman and CEO, Repsol YPF; Herbert Stepic, Chairman and CEO Raiffeisen International and Charlie McCreevy, EU Commissioner for the internal market & services.

BANKING
The Banker provides a comprehensive coverage of the developments on the high street and strategies employed by the most successful consumer facing banks.

TECHNOLOGY
Regular interviews with leading CIOs for their vision on the future and in depth articles that examine the role of technology in today’s information driven banking industry, from Basel II to Business Continuity. Recent scoops include Lars Gustafsson, CIO, ABN Amro; Martin Davis, CIO, Wachovia and Jan Verplancke, CIO, Standard Chartered.

CAPITAL MARKETS
Updates from the world of investment banking and corporate credit, including our regular ‘Team of the Month’ feature profiling the industry’s leading performers.

COUNTRY REPORTS
With regular reports on countries ranging from central Asia to Americas to Africa, The Banker is the ideal source for keeping up-to-date on the developments in the various financial systems.

SUPPLEMENTS
Each month The Banker publishes high quality supplements of 8 to 36 pages that examine in detail a particular country, region or topic. Previous supplements have covered hot issues including STP, Core Banking, CRM, Basel II, E-Banking, Clearing & Settlement, as well as country specific reports including China, GCC States, South Africa and Turkey.

FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE GUIDES
The Financial Intelligence Guide series was launched in 2006 in response to enthusiastic reader demand and has proved a formidable addition to The Banker's product range. The guides are published regularly and cover a wide range of topics with recent examples being The Global Carbon Market and Algorithmic Trading. They are neither advertorials nor puff pieces but rather in-depth, analytical and occasionally self opinionated articles written by the leading practitioners.

Readership

With an audited circulation of over 27,000 (www.abc.org.uk), The Banker is read by senior level decision makers in financial institutions, corporations, investment management firms and central banks around the world. Read in over 100 countries and with an average of 3 readers per copy, The Banker offers advertisers a highly sought after audience of 90,000 of the world’s most influential decision makers in financial markets. The Banker is widely read in Banks, Financial Institutions, Multinational Corporations, Central Banks and Finance Ministries around the world.

Online

Completely redesigned and with many new features, The Banker.com is the online financial resource for finance professionals. All the articles are available in full and the archived section dates back to 1999. This allows the visitors to take advantage of our independent, in-depth editorial for free, with a few clicks of their mouse. The Banker.com is unique in that it is the only place on the net where visitors can find comprehensive analysis of a region, bank or a technology system. The website is growing very quickly and currently delivers over 250,000 page impressions per month to over 50,000 unique visitors. The website itself has been optimised for performance and can be viewed from any device.

E-Newsletters

Every month, 7,000 individuals receive the headlines via the various e-newsletters. With links to the website for full story, this is an effective channel for the decision makers to catch up on the relevant sectors.

Current sectors –

• Cash & Securities Services • Capital Markets • FX & Derivatives • Retail Banking • Technology and • News & Comment

[edit] Awards

The Banker is a vociferous advocate of best practice within the banking sector and actively promotes innovation through industry awards. The high profile events include Technology Awards, Investment Banking awards and the flagship Bank of the Year Awards.

[edit] Events

Financial Times Global Events produce timely and focused UK and international banking events of the highest standard. With a strong brand and reputation, our high calibre speakers and rich agendas attract only the most senior delegates. In 2007, Financial Times Global Events will deliver over 80 conferences, briefings, roundtables and awards dinners in London, continental Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America, attracting the highest quality delegates from the banking and financial services sector.