TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pilbeam,Keith
TI  - Finance & financial markets
SN  - 9789394701212 (paper)
U1  - 332.1 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New Delhi
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - Finance
KW  - Financial institutions
N1  - 1. The World of Finance
2. Financial Intermediation and Financial Markets
3. Financial Institutions
4. Monetary Policy and Interest Rate Determination
5. Domestic and International Money Markets
6. The Domestic and International Bond Market
7. Portfolio Analysis: Risk and Return in Financial Markets
8. The Capital Asset Pricing Model
9. Stockmarkets and Equities
10. The Efficiency of Financial Markets
11. The Foreign Exchange Market
12. Theories of Exchange Rate Determination
13. Financial Futures
14. Options
15. Option Pricing
16. Swap Markets
17. Financial Innovation and the Credit Crunch
18. Regulation of the Financial Sector
N2  - This popular textbook offers a broad and accessible introduction to the building blocks of modern finance: financial markets, institutions and instruments. Focussing on the core elements of the subject, the author blends theory with real-life data, cases and numerical worked examples, linking the material to practice at just the right level of technical complexity. This new edition has updated data and cases throughout, ensuring that it is as up-to-date as possible in this fast-moving area. More assessment and self-test resources have been added to the book to help support students and lecturers.

It is ideally suited to students at all levels who take economics, business and finance courses, as well as for those who want to understand the workings of the modern financial world.

New to this Edition:
- New case studies, including coverage of the Libor and foreign exchange rigging scandals, Bitcoin, the FinTech revolution and issues raised by Brexit
- Fully updated data and relevant numerical examples
- Coverage of derivatives such as futures, options and swaps
- Extensive discussion of regulatory developments since the financial crisis
- A companion website featuring teaching resources is available

Accompanying online resources for this title can be found at bloomsburyonlineresources.com/finance-and-financial-markets-4e. These resources are designed to support teaching and learning when using this textbook and are available at no extra cost
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