The new paradigm for financial markets

the credit crisis of 2007 and what it means

In the midst of the most serious financial upheaval since the Great Depression, legendary financier George Soros explores the origins of the crisis and its implications for the future. Soros, whose breadth of experience in financial markets is unrivaled, places the current crisis in the ...

Political institutions and financial development

Economists have long maintained that a well-developed and functioning financial system is a vital prerequisite to economic growth. Countries with robust banking sectors and securities markets - that is, countries in which credit cards, loans, mortgages, and the ability to issue stocks and bonds are available ...

The rating agencies and their credit ratings

what they are, how they work, and why they are relevant

Credit rating agencies play a critical role in capital markets, guiding the asset allocation of institutional investors as private capital moves freely around the world in search of the best trade-off between risk and return. However, they have also been strongly criticized for failing to ...

Equity valuation

models from leading investment banks

"Equity Valuation: Models from the Leading Investment Banks" is a clear and reader-friendly guide to how today's leading investment banks analyze firms. Editors Jan Viebig and Thorsten Poddig bring together expertise from UBS, Morgan Stanley, DWS Investment GmbH and Credit Suisse, providing a unique ...

Fundamentos del dinero y la banca

cuestiones resueltas

Banca ética y ciudadanía

No resulta frecuente encontrar libros que intenten posar una mirada ética sobre la esfera económica. Ya sea por la supuesta impermeabilidad de dicha esfera a cualquier análisis ético o por la dificultad de aplicar a modelos concretos cualquier consecuencia que pudiera seguirse de dicho análisis ...

La Banque mondiale

La Banque mondiale a été créée à l'issue de la Seconde Guerre mondiale pour financer les pays en développement. Elle exerce aujourd'hui une influence déterminante dans la définition et la mise en #uvre des politiques de développement. De ce fait, quiconque s'intéresse ...

Regional monetary integration

This book surveys the prospects for regional monetary integration in various parts of the world. Beginning with a brief review of the theory of optimal currency areas, it goes on to examine the structure and functioning of the European Monetary Union, then turns to the ...

Global financial regulation

the essential guide

As international financial markets have become more complex, so has the regulatory system which oversees them. The Basel Committee is just one of a plethora of international bodies and groupings which now set standards for financial activity around the world, in the interests of investor ...

Money laundering

a new international Law enformcement model

This book gives a broad analysis of the legal issues raised by the international fight against money laundering. It offers an extensive comparative research of the criminal and preventive law aspects from an international perspective. Stessens portrays money laundering as a new criminal trend threatening ...

Real estate finance and investment manual

Updated and revised to include ten years of new developments in real estate investment, Real Estate Finance and Investment Manual, Ninth Edition is the definitive guide to financing for all real estate investors. Understand all the financing options, learn how to choose an appropriate strategy ...

The age of turbulence

adventures in a new world

With a new chapter on the current credit crisis.

The Birth of the Euro

Today, 318 million people in 15 countries use the Euro, which now rivals the importance of the US Dollar in the world economy. This is an outcome that few would have predicted with confidence when the Euro was launched. How can we explain this success ...

Conocer los productos y servicios bancarios

productos de tesorería, de inversión, de financiación, leasing, factoring, renting, tarjetas

Conocer los productos y servicios bancarios presenta y analiza los productos y servicios financieros tradicionales tanto de inversión cómo de financiación, así como los relacionados con los servicios que ofrecen las entidades de crédito. De esta forma el lector puede adquirir una visión clara de ...

Credit derivatives handbook

global perspectives, innovations, and market drivers

Eds. Greg N. Gregoriou, Paul Ali. This book helps you latch onto the $18 trillion market of credit derivatives. "The Credit Derivatives Handbook" is an authoritative guide to the latest developments in these powerful credit risk-managing tools. Greg Gregoriou brings together more than 20 leading ...

A primer on money, banking, and gold

Foreword by Paul A. Volcker. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ One of the foremost financial writers of his generation, Peter Bernstein has the unique ability to synthesize intellectual history and economics with the theory and practice of investment management. Now, with classic titles such as "Economist on Wall Street", "A ...

The origins of financial crises

central banks, credit bubbles and the efficient market fallacy

"The Origin of Financial Crises" provides a compelling analysis of the forces behind today's economic crisis. In a series of disarmingly simple arguments George Cooper challenges the core principles of today's economic orthodoxy, explaining why financial markets do not obey the efficient market ...

Historia de la cooperación entre las cajas

la Confederación Española de Cajas de Ahorros, 1928-2007

Capital markets

institutions and instruments

For courses in Markets and Institutions or Money and Capital Markets This book helps prepare students for careers in Finance by describing a wide range of instruments for financing, investing, and controlling risk available in today's financial markets.