"They go where other financial players might not dare."

"Now," he added, "major financial players can compete at the margins with him."

It was unclear as of December 2011 how these rules would apply to insurance, hedge funds and other large financial players.

There is not much precedent for two large financial players, with their separate agendas, being compatible in such an attempted acquisition.

Even though Paramount then owned both a glamorous movie studio and a giant book publishing business, financial players stayed away.

However criminal charges against its parent bank were dropped, one of Latin America's large financial players.

"When major financial players move money from one currency to another, domestic money supply is less relevant," he said.

After all, we are not discussing what is happening on the pitch, but outside of it, particularly the financial players around it.

The real losses suffered by the banks and other financial players will become apparent when their annual accounts are drawn up.

This will involve promoting forums where financial players and students with innovative ideas can interact.