Financial Institutions
Published on 2. May 1996
Book
Paperback/Softback
610 pages
978-1-55786-899-2 (ISBN)
Description
This text combines a thorough introduction to United States financial institutions and a substantial international focus. Equally suitable for a first or second course in finance (or courses in money and banking), the book breaks from the non-analytic tradition of most texts and takes an analytic approach in its coverage of such topics as duration, equity valuation, cash management, and the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The book also offers comprehensive coverage of all major financial institutions comprising the financial system. The text provides separate chapters on finance companies, insurance companies, pension funds, financial futures and options, and the swap market, topics frequently omitted or treated lightly in other texts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 171 mm
Weight
901 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55786-899-2 (9781557868992)
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Content
Part 1 Financial institutions and the economy: the role of financial institutions; the Federal Reserve in the US economy; the money supply and deposit expansion. Part 2 Financial markets and the economy: the debt market - an overview; the Stock Market - an overview; the financial derivatives markets - an overview; the level and structure of interest rates; investment banking; risk and return in securities markets. Part 3 Depository institutions: banks, thrift institutions and credit unions; regulations of depository institutions; operations of commercial banks; management of commercial banks; asset and liability management of commercial banks; international banking. Part 4 Non-depository financial institutions: financial conglomerates and subsidiaries; investment companies; insurance companies; pension funds.