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020 _a9781137497550
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100 _aValdez, Stephen
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245 _aAn introduction to global financial markets
250 _a8th
260 _bPalgrave Macmillan
_aLondon
_c2016
300 _axxxiv, 518 p.
365 _aEURO
_b55.99
504 _aPART I: INTRODUCTION 1. The Money Merry-go-round PART II: BANKING 2. Banking Background 3. The Role of the Central Bank 4. Commercial Banking 5. Investment Banking 6. Regulation PART III: SECURITIES MARKETS AND INVESTMENT COMPANIES 7. The Money and Bond Markets 8. Equity Markets 9. Hedge Funds and Private Equity PART IV: FINANCIAL CRISIS 10. Financial Crisis PART V: FOREIGN EXCHANGE, EUROPE AND THE EUROZONE 11. Foreign Exchange 12. Europe and the Eurozone PART VI: DERIVATIVE PRODUCTS 13. Traded Options 14. Financial Futures 15. Other Derivative Products PART VII: Emerging and Growth-leading Economies (EAGLEs) 16. Emerging and Growth-leading Economies (EAGLEs) PART VIII: TRENDS IN THE GLOBAL FINANCIAL MARKETS 17. Key Trends Glossary Index.
520 _aThis textbook provides an accessible introduction to finance and financial markets around the world. Requiring no previous knowledge of the subject, the authors comprehensively cover a broad range of different types of banking, markets, foreign exchange and derivative products. Incorporating recent events and current developments in finance, contemporary, international examples are used throughout to illustrate this fast-moving subject area. With Stephen Valdez’s decades of experience as a financial trainer and Philip Molyneux’s academic experience, they are the perfect team for this accessible and applied textbook. This textbook is core reading for second and third year undergraduate students studying modules in financial markets and institutions as part of business and management degree courses. In addition it is suitable for use on MBA finance courses.
650 _aFinance
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650 _aFinancial institutions
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700 _aInternational finance
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700 _aMolyneux, Philip
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