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Alas, it may not, thanks to the third reason for the banks' malaise: the fragmented structure of Germany's domestic banking market.
ECONOMIST: There is no quick way out of the quagmire for Germany's banks
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The bank has been on the prowl for U.S. assets, amid worry in Canada that the domestic banking market is headed for slower growth.
FORBES: New Federal Rules for Debt Collectors
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They also gain access to a branch network and client list they could never afford to replicate, even after World Trade Organisation rules force China to open its domestic banking market fully from end-2006.
ECONOMIST: China's banking industry
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Lloyds, once seen as a stable investment that paid high dividends and was consistently cash generative, is enamored with the task of writing down legacy assets from HBOS--with help from the British government's asset protection program--as well as rebuilding its presence in the U.K. domestic banking market.
FORBES: Banks
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So the commission recommends higher standards only for the bits of the banking system that are rooted in the domestic market.
ECONOMIST: Banking reforms
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Although Vietnam has two stockmarkets and a domestic bond market, its companies are still too reliant on a ramshackle state banking sector another parallel with China.
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As the domestic issues were generally resolved, through actions such as the banking bailout, the Spanish market was able to bounce back more sharply than many of its peers.
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The proposals from Britain's Vickers Commission go a long way to deal with this, dividing a tightly regulated domestic banking system (the bit that puts taxpayers at risk) from a more freewheeling international market for global capital.
ECONOMIST: Global finance