| Description |
viii, 350 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Payment System -- 2. Introduction to Indirect Financing -- 3. Introduction to Direct Financing -- 4. Introduction to Securities and Their Pricing -- 5. Retail Banking -- 6. Wholesale Banking -- 7. Managed Funds -- 8. Central Banking and the Supervision of Financial Institutions -- 9. The Money Market -- 10. The Bond Market -- 11. Equity Capital and the Share Market -- 12. Foreign Exchange and Oversease Capital Markets -- 13. Movements in Interest and Exchange Rates -- 14. Forward Interest Rates -- 15. Introduction to Interest-Rate Risk Management -- 16. Financial Futures -- 17. Plain Vanilla Swaps -- 18. Introduction to Options |
| Summary |
Provides a practical and comprehensive overview of the main functions of the Australian financial system. Assuming no prior knowledge, students are taken step-by-step through the system's major components including financial institutions, instruments and markets. Focuses on the Australian environment, but compares it to overseas markets |
| Notes |
Previously published: Beta edition, 1999 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Audience |
Tertiary students |
| Subject |
Finance -- Australia.
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Financial institutions -- Australia.
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Markets -- Australia.
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| Author |
Hunt, Ben
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Hutcheson, Tiffany
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| LC no. |
00002042 |
| ISBN |
0170102149 : |
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