Market players : a guide to the institutions in today's financial markets / Gail Rolland.

"No longer are the capital markets driven by the big investment houses and fund managers. Instead, private banks, insurance houses, hedge funds, sovereign wealth funds and a range of boutique investment managers, regional institutions and brokers all operate and interact to form the bedrock of...

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Main Author: Rolland, Gail
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, West Sussex, U.K. : Wiley, 2011.
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Table of Contents:
  • Market Players; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I BANKS; 1 Introduction; 2 Commercial and Retail Banking; 3 Investment Banking; 4 Private Banking; 5 Central Banks and Market Regulators; PART II INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS; 6 Introduction; 7 Banking in Europe; 8 UK; 9 France; 10 Germany; 11 USA; 12 Japan; 13 China; 14 Islamic Finance Institutions; 15 Microfinance Institutions; PART III QUASI-SOVEREIGNS AND SUPRANATIONAL AGENCIES; 16 Introduction; 17 Municipalities; 18 Government Agencies; 19 Supranational Agencies; PART IV INVESTMENT COMPANIES; 20 Introduction.