In the 1990’s and 2000’s, internationalization promised to produce a new landscape, in which a small handful of banks would once again divide up a single global market. Banks maneuvered to get the best position to take advantage of financial globalization, which usually meant locating themselves where the regulatory regime was least restrictive.
最近二十年，金融国际化趋势渐渐催生一种新格局：一小撮银行瓜分全球大市场。各大银行不择手段，抢占有利地形，欲占金融全球化鳌头 —— 最常见的伎俩则是，向金融监管最松弛的地区转移。