Moving money

banking and finance in the industrialized world

Daniel Verdier's book is an analysis of how politics influences financial systems. He shows that differing national political institutions have led to different regulatory policies and thus different financial structures. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of financial politics and ...

Servicios financieros

la era del cliente

Durante los últimos años se observa un profundo cambio en las necesidades de los clientes del sector financiero, que viene catalizado por la propia transformación cualitativa de los propios clientes, que, poco a poco, se adaptan a un panorama en el que poseen acceso abierto ...

El contrato bancario de administración de valores

Este libro, cuyo alcance desborda los límites inmediatos del objeto de estudio elegido, es fundamental para conocer el funcionamiento del sistema en el que ha de encuadrarse el contrato de administración de valores, así como para entender el sentido de cualquier reforma que haya de ...

Evaluación y control de riesgos en el sector financiero

INDICE: I. El riesgo en la actividad financiera. II. La documentación del expediente de riesgos. III. Análisis de estados financieros. IV. Análisis de operaciones con titularidades pertenecientes al sector público y corporaciones locales. V. Análisis de operaciones de promoción inmobiliaria. VI. Fuentes de información para ...

Banking on death

or, investing in life: the history and future of pensions

The onset of globalization and the ageing of populations have encouraged efforts to privatize the funding of retirement funds, putting at risk the public provision of pensions in many countries and giving pension and insurance funds great financial power. In "Banking on Death" Robin Blackburn ...

Economia e gestione della banca

La edizione ê stata riveduta per rendere il libro più vicino alle esigenze didattiche imposte dai cambiamenti introdotti dalla riforma universitaria. Il testo mantiene tuttavia la sua impostazione originaria, conservando una visione di insieme di tutti i principali processi della gestione bancaria e integrando aspetti ...

The House of Rothschild

the world's banker, 1849-1999

This second volume of Niall Ferguson's acclaimed, landmark history of the legendary Rothschild banking dynasty concludes his myth-breaking portrait of one of the most powerful and fascinating families of modern times. With all the depth, clarity and drama with which he traced the Rothschild ...

Prenda de valores en garantía de operaciones crediticias

Prenda telemática

Too sensational

on the choice of exchange rates regimes

In this volume, W. Max Corden presents a systematic and accessible overview of the choice of exchange rate regimes. Reviewing many types of regimes, he shows how the choice of an exchange rate regime is related to both fiscal policy and trade policy. Building on ...

Active fixed income and credit management

The authors provide the reader with an extensive tool set for active and successful management of fixed income portfolios as well as for credits. The focus of discussion is on quantitative and, for credits, qualitative methods of portfolio management. These strategies may be employed for ...

Evaluación y control de riesgos en el sector financiero

INDICE: I. El riesgo en la actividad financiera. II. La documentación del expediente de riesgos. III. Análisis de estados financieros. IV. Análisis de operaciones con titularidades pertenecientes al sector público y corporaciones locales. V. Análisis de operaciones de promoción inmobiliaria. VI. Fuentes de información para ...

The fundamentals of risk measurement

A famous example of risk management gone wrong - in 1998, Long Term Capital Management (LTCM), a hedge fund, had bet heavily that any Russian default would have a correlated currency devaluation, which LTCM could use as a hedge. The devaluation didn't happen, LTCM lost ...

The Bank of England

Money, power & influence 1694-1994

The Bank of England's tercentenary (July 1994), coming as it does with the future status of the Bank a subject of much discussion, is an apposite moment to offer an overview of the Bank's history as a whole. Obviously there have been several ...

Capital flows without crisis?

reconciling capital mobility and economic stability

Derecho sancionador y mercado de crédito

con los cambios producidos tras la creación del Banco Central Europeo

Monetary policy in the euro area

Strategy and decision-making at the European Central Bank

How and for whose benefit the European Central Bank (ECB) will work is the most important issue facing Europe, and has been the subject of vast media and academic interest which has already spawned a vast literature of discussion papers in the academic literature, and ...

European monetary integration

past, present and future

This highly topical book examines the development and future prospects for economic and monetary union in Europe. European Monetary Integration examines the background to economic and monetary union from a historical perspective that distinguishes between national and supranational currency areas, and an optimal currency area ...

El sistema financiero argentino

estructura, operaciones y normas

Framing financial structure in an information environment

The chastening

inside the crisis that rocked the global financia system and humbled the IMF

An author who tries to write an engaging book about the International Monetary Fund faces a daunting task. Who besides devoted readers of The Financial Times would want to read it? With The Chastening, however, Paul Blustein offers a remarkably accessible account of this off-putting ...