Credit and credit institutions

This book brings together academic work on contemporary issues in financial institutions and markets.

A thoroughly revised and updated edition of a textbook for graduate students in finance, with new coverage of global financial institutions.

First published in 1916, this work is still recognised as a valuable historical and analytical study of the rise and development of finance as a centralised, coordinated force during the period 1385 to 1915.

This book provides a comprehensive overview for various segments of the global credit default swap (CDS) markets, touching upon how they were affected by the recent financial turmoil.

This book traces the historical emergence of modern consumer lending in America and France.

Between 1875 and 1900, the assets of trust companies in New York City grew at a compound annual rate of 9.

This book offers a chronological account of the development of interest-bearing debt and how the issue of interest has been addressed throughout medieval and modern civilizations.

The internet is dramatically transforming the way business is done, particularly for financial services.

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Over the last few decades, banks, insurers, pension funds, investments firms and other financial institutions have become subject to sometimes dramatically new, but always substantially more, legislation.

First published in 1916, this work is still recognised as a valuable historical and analytical study of the rise and development of finance as a centralised, coordinated force during the period 1385 to 1915.

In the mid-1980s the international development community helped launch what was to quickly become one of the most popular poverty reduction and local economic development policies of all time.

Why are financial prices so much more crisis-prone and unstable than real economy prices?

These important essays, first published in 1918, consider the various economic aspects of the reign of Edward III.

From the late 1990s, the spectacular growth of a secondary market for credit through derivatives has been matched by the emergence of mathematical modelling analysing the credit risk embedded in these contracts.

Cryptocurrencies have had a profound effect on financial markets worldwide.

First published in 1992, The New York Stock Exchange is an informative library resource.

This book presents a set of conversations with five former Governors of Reserve Bank of India (from 1992 onwards) on the topic of financial inclusion.

Originally published in 1995, Beyond Capital Labor is a comprehensive empirical study about how and how much technology and regional contextual factors may influence company production and productivity growth.

Interest in Financial Services Marketing has grown hugely over the last few decades, particularly since the financial crisis, which scarred the industry and its relationship with customers.

This book is a research monograph addressed to a wide range of academics interested in corporate short-term capital.

For monetary policymakers worldwide, developing a practical understanding of how monetary policy transmits to the economy is a day-to-day challenge.

This book examines how contemporary financial economy evolved as the predominant economic system, and why unabated accumulation of financial capital takes place in such systems.

This book analyses the financing problems of Greek small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), within a liberalized financial system and within an economic environment of fiscal and monetary constraints.

Two top economists outline distinctive approaches to post-crisis financial reform.

Synthetic finance revolutionizes materialism such that we can now create wealth in the process of universally distributing it.

Credit rating agencies play an essential role in the modern financial system and are relied on by creditors and investors on the market.

The global financial crisis has sent shockwaves through the world's economies, and its effects have been deep and wide-reaching.

This fascinating study follows the fortunes of the Hochstetter family, merchant-manufacturers and financiers of Augsburg, Germany, in the late-fifteenth and early-sixteenth centuries, and sheds light on the economic and social history of failure and resilience in early modern Europe.

The financial markets are a rollercoaster and this book follows the same theme the seduction of money, our ruinous, heady and high stakes pursuit of it, the incredible fortunes and calamitous losses that have been made in its name, the new and significant threat of retail (armchair) investors wanting their piece of the pie, and the perpetual and foolish mismatch that has always existed and will always exist between our evolutionary programming and the design of the financial markets.

Originally published in 1987, British Non-Bank Financial Intermediaries the book is the diversification of and overlaps in the operations of UK financial intermediaries forms.

This study of bank behaviour and banking regulation, first published in 1993, continues to provide through its close analysis valuable insights into the issues of modern banking.

First Published in 2014.

Export Credit Agencies provide insurance and guarantees to domestic firms in the event that payment is not received from an importer.

This book aims to present a picture of one of the world's leading credit rating agencies.

Published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, the 1992 and 2002 ISDA(R) Master Agreements are the main contracts used in the over the counter global derivatives market.

Originally published in 1985, Capital City: London as a Financial Centre proves in depth analytical description of the financial institutions of the City of London.

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The rapid pace of progress in the Islamic financial market and investment space, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath and recovery, has provided the necessary challenges to build a strong case for Islamic investment.

Too many of the world's citizens face impoverished living standards.

Following the recent global financial crisis there is a growing interest in alternative finance - and microfinance in particular - as new instruments for providing financial services in a socially responsible way or as an alternative to traditional banking.

Already in just a decade of existence, cryptocurrencies have been the world's best-performing financial asset, outperforming stocks, bonds, commodities and currencies.

Credit Risk: from transaction to portfolio management provides high level, focused analysis of the nature of credit risk in investment bank portfolio management.

Accounting for Financial Instruments is about the accounting and regulatory framework associated with the acquisition and disposal of financial instruments; how to determine their value; how to manage the risk connected with them; and ultimately compile a business valuation report.

The Crypto Market Ecosystem has emerged as the most profound application of blockchain technology in finance.

This book, first published in 1989, is a valuable addition to the literature on the study of American business history.

We are bombarded with economic numbers: unemployment, retail sales, inflation, GDP-the list goes on and on.

More than one billion people still live below the poverty line - most of them in South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa.

Today's most complete, up-to-date reference for controlling credit risk exposure of all types, in every environmentMeasuring and Managing Credit Risk takes you far beyond the Basel guidelines to detail a powerful, proven program for understanding and controlling your firm s credit risk.