1. The debt merry-go-round -- 2. Baking background -- 3. The role of the central bank -- 4. Commercial banking -- 5. Investment banking -- 6. The money and bond markets -- 7. Stock exchanges -- 8. Hedge funds and private equity -- 9. Foreign exchange -- 10. Trade finance -- 11. European economic and monetary union -- 12. Traded options -- 13. Financial futures -- 14. Other derivative products -- 15. Insurance -- 16. The new tiger economies - China and India -- 17. Key trends
Summary
This edition introduces the practices of financial markets and institutions around the world