Despite exceptional profits, the world's leading banks are not necessarily well equipped to tackle the formidable set of challenges and obstacles on the road to sustainable growth. In a world where strategy matters at least as much as execution, and where the industry landscape is evolving rapidly, it's clear that determining where, when, and how to compete is critical. Covering a broad range of issues that banks need to address as they position themselves for the next decade, this compendium is organized around a set of global trends, some widely recognized (although not always acted on), other less familiar.