How the City of London Works provides a succinct introduction for anyone who comes into contact with the City's financial markets and institutions. It uses diagrams and extracts to give a simple, straightforward explanation of the City, how it works and how it is regulated. It explains the changes in practices that have taken place since the previous edition, and updates the many statistics that are quoted in the book

The Market in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) is nothing short of a revolution. Introduced on 1 November 2007, it will have a profound, long-term impact on Europe's securities markets.
Crucially, MiFID will have a profound impact on the organisation and business strategies of investment firms, exchanges, asset managers and other financial markets intermediaries. Until now, analysis has focused on the directive's short term implementation issues. This book focuses on the long term strategic implications associated with MiFID, and will be essential reading for anybody who recognises that their firm will need to make constant dynamic readjustments in order to remain competitive in this challenging new environment.

This very useful volume provides a 'ground up' survey, from a business law point of view, of the concept of finance as a vital component of the economic structure of the European Communities. In deeply informed detail it describes the architecture of the financial system, its institutions (banks, stock exchanges, etc.), the variety of financial instruments, the progress of liberalisation and harmonisation initiatives in Europe, relevant EC legislation, regulation of capital markets and securities, the development of international financial law, and the management of legal risk.

This comprehensive resource presents the views of China's most highly respected economists, bankers, and policy makers--along with opinions from Western authorities--on the current state of banking and finance in China. Tracing the history of China's banking and finance system and looking toward its future, the book offers valuable insight for financial service providers, bankers, private equity and hedge fund managers, and equity research and credit analysts.

With comprehensive, authoritative guidance throughout, this special report is the best way to gain a deeper understanding of what MiFID and the new MiFID regime is really about. This is a must for everyone who needs to understand and analyse the new regime or has responsibility for implementing and enforcing it. For less than the price of an hour's consultancy you can have targeted information at your fingertips, ready for immediate use as and when issues arises. You won't just be saving time - by doing away with the need for costly external advice, you'll be saving precious resources for your company too.

This text is the first of its kind on financial engineering and risk management in Islamic finance. It sets out guidelines for financial engineering from an Islamic perspective. It then goes on to explain the Islamic position on commodity futures, derivatives, options and financial contracting. The text also presents some practical issues concerning futures contracts and how they can be handled from an Islamic perspective. It brings out the different point of view in this respect and reflects the current state of knowledge as well as the challenges that lie ahead for Islamic financial engineers. The context helps in understanding the complex phenomenon of commodity futures.

This book examines how money, in the absence of interest (Riba) and money market can become an endogenous variable of an economic system. It further tries to integrate money in capital theory and to make monetary sector part of the real sector aiming at removing the problems that arise from separation of the two.

This is a condensed version of the Law & Practice of International Finance Series, providing a clear overview of the material in all seven volumes in one book. It is the ideal entry point to the subject for practitioners, academics and post-graduate students, demonstrating succinctly how the concepts of international finance are applied in a practice setting, with examples of actual deals and transactions. It uses the same comparative, multi-jurisdiction approach as the series to highlight worldwide variations in law and practice.