Shaping up for the single currency - Consolidation is inevitable for banks before Greece joins the single currency in, it hopes, 2001. Privatization is underway. Of 42 banks, maybe four will thrive.

Interview: Gutfreund shows his hand - Former Salomon chairman John Gutfreund talks about a career spanning modern Wall Street history. What really happened when he played Meriwether at liar's poker?

Eade, Philip, (1999)

A place of your own - New bank architecture is more and more a collaborative effort between client and architect, just as well in case that football-pitch trading floor isn't needed after all.

Eade, Philip, (1998)

Who moved where - First the Chemical Chase merger, then Deutsche Morgan Grenfell's staff shopping spree, and expansion at a number of investment banks. 1996 was a year for hiring, and firing.

Eade, Philip, (1997)