TY  - BOOK
AU  - Howells,P.G.A.
AU  - Bain,K.
TI  - Financial markets and institutions
SN  - 9780273709190
U1  - 332.10941 
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Harlow, New York
PB  - Financial Times Prentice Hall
KW  - Financial institutions
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Finance
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction: the financial system. 1.1 Financial Institutions. 1.1.1 Financial institutions as firms. 1.1.2 Financial institutions as intermediaries. 1.1.3 The creation of assets and liabilities. 1.1.4 Portfolio equilibrium. 1.2 Financial markets. 1.2.1 Types of product. 1.2.2 The supply of financial instruments. 1.2.3 The demand for financial instruments. 1.2.4 Stocks and flows in financial markets. 1.3 Lenders and borrowers. 1.3.1 Saving and lending. 1.3.2 Borrowing. 1.3.3 Lending, borrowing and wealth. 1.4 Summary. Questions for discussion. Further reading -- 
2. The financial system and the real economy. 2.1 Lending, borrowing and national income. 2.2 Financial activity and the level of aggregate demand. 2.2.1 Money and spending. 2.2.2 Liquid assets and spending. 2.2.3 Financial wealth and spending. 2.3 The composition of aggregate demand. 2.4 The financial system and resource allocation. 2.5 Summary. Questions for discussion. Further reading. Answers to exercises -- 
3. Deposit-taking institutions. 3.1 The Bank of England. 3.1.1 The conduct of monetary policy. 3.1.2 Banker to the commercial banking system. 3.1.3 Banker to the government. 3.1.4 Supervisor of the banking system. 3.1.5 Management of the national debt. 3.1.6 Manager of the foreign exchange reserves. 3.1.7 Currency Issue. 3.2 Banks. 3.3 Banks and the creation of money. 3.3.1 Why banks create money. 3.3.2 How banks create money. 3.4 Constraints on bank lending. 3.4.1 The demand for bank lending. 3.4.2 The demand for money. 3.4.3 The monetary base. 3.5 Building societies. 3.6 Liability management. Questions for discussion. Further reading. Answers to exercises. Appendix: A history of UKmonetary aggregates -- 
4. Non-deposit-taking institutions. 4.1 Insurance companies. 4.2 Pension funds. 4.3 Unit trusts. 4.4 Investment trusts. 4.5 NDTIs and the flow of funds. 4.6 Summary. Questions for discussion. Further reading -- 5. The money markets. 5.1 The discount market. 5.2 The parallel markets. 5.2.1 The interbank market. 5.2.2 The market for certificates of deposit. 5.2.3 The commercial paper market. 5.2.4 The local authority market. 5.2.5 Repurchase agreements. 5.2.6 The euromarkets. 5.2.7 The significance of the parallel markets. 5.3 Monetary policy and the money markets. 5.4 Summary. Questions for discussion. Further reading. Answers to exercises -- 
6. The capital markets. 6.1 The importance of capital markets. 6.2 Characteristics of bonds and equities. 6.2.1 Bonds. 6.2.2 Equities. 6.2.3 The trading of bonds and equities. 6.3 Bonds: supply, demand and price. 6.4 Equities: supply, demand and price. 6.5 The behaviour of security prices. 6.6 Reading the financial press. 6.7 Summary. Questions for discussion. Further reading. Answers to exercises -- 
7. Interest rates. 7.1 The rate of interest. 7.2 The loanable funds theory of real interest rates. 7.2.1 Loanable funds theory and nominal interest rates. 7.2.2 Problems with the loanable funds theory. 7.3 Loanable funds in an uncertain economy. 7.4 The liquidity preference theory of interest rates. 7.5 Loanable funds and liquidity preference. 7.6 The monetary authorities and the rate of interest. 7.7 The structure of interest rates. 7.7.1 The term structure theory of interest rates. 7.7.2 The pure expectations theory of interest rate structure. 7.7.3 Term premiums. 7.7.4 Market segmentation. 7.7.5 Preferred habitat. 7.7.6 A summary of views on maturity substitutability. 7.8 The significance of term structure theory. 7.9 Summary. Questions for discussion. Further reading. Answers to exercises -- 
8. Foreign exchange markets. 8.1 The nature of forex markets. 8.2 Interest rate parity. 8.3 Other foreign exchange market rules. 8.3.1 Differences in interest rates among countries ’¢Î—Ζ the Fisher effect. 8.3.2 The determinants of spot exchange rates ’¢Î—Ζ purchasing power parity. 8.3.3 Equilibrium and the forex markets. 8.4 Alternative views of foreign exchange markets. 8.5 The fixed exchange rate system. 8.6 Monetary union in Europe. 8.6.1 The single currency in practice 1999-2006. 8.6.2 The UKand the euro. 8.7 Summary. Questions for discussion. Further reading. Answers to exercises -- 
9. Exchange rate risk, derivatives markets and speculation. 9.1 Forms of exposure to exchange rate risk. 9.2 Exchange rate risk management techniques. 9.3 Derivatives markets. 9.3.1 Financial futures. 9.3.2 Options. 9.3.3 Exotic options. 9.3.4 Other related products. 9.4 Comparing different types of derivatives. 9.4.1 Exchange-traded versus OTC products. 9.4.2 Foward versus future contracts. 9.4.3 Forward and future contracts versus options. 9.5 The use and abuse of derivatives. 9.6 Summary. Questions for discussion. Further reading. Answers to exercises -- 
10. International capital markets. 10.1 The world capital market. 10.2 Eurocurrencies. 10.2.1 The growth of the eurocurrency market. 10.2.2 The nature of the market. 10.2.3 Issues relating to eurocurrency markets. 10.3 Techniques and instruments in international capital markets. 10.4 Summary. Questions for discussion. Further reading. Answers to exercises -- 
11. Government borrowing and financial markets. 11.1 The measurement of public deficits and debt. 11.2 Financing the PSNCR. 11.2.1 The PSNCR and interest rates. 11.2.2 The sale of bonds to banks. 11.2.3 The sale of bonds overseas. 11.2.4 PSNCR, interest rates and the money supply. 11.3 Attitudes to public debt in the European Union. 11.4 The public debt and open market operations. 11.5 Debt management and interest rate structure. 11.6 Summary. Questions for discussion. Further reading -- 
12. Financial Market Failure and Financial Crises. 12.1 Borrowing and lending problems in financial intermediation. 12.1.1 Financing needs of firms and attempted remedies. 12.1.2 Financial market exclusion. 12.1.3 The financial system and long-term saving. 12.1.4 The financial system and household indebtedness. 12.2 Financial instability: bubbles and crises. 12.3 Fraudulent behaviour and scandals in financial markets. 12.4 The damaging effects of international markets? 12.5 Summary. Questions for discussion. Further reading. Answers to exercises -- 
13. The regulation of financial markets. 13.1 The theory of regulation. 13.2 Financial regulation in the UK. 13.2.1 Regulatory changes in the 1980s. 13.2.2 Supervision of the banking system. 13.2.3 The 1998 reforms. 13.2.4 The Financial Services Authority. 13.3 The European Union and financial regulation. 13.3.1 The regulation of the banking industry in the EU. 13.3.2 The regulation of the securities market in the EU. 13.3.3 The regulation of the insurance services in the EU. 13.4 Globalisation and the growing complexity of derivatives markets. 13.5 Summary. Questions for discussion. Further reading -- Appendix I : Portfolio Theory -- Appenidix II: Present and future value tables -- Index
N2  - With its clear and accessible style, Financial Markets and Institutions will help students make sense of the financial activity that is so widely and prominently reported in the media. Looking at the subject from the economist's perspective, the book takes a practical, applied approach and theory is covered only where absolutely necessary in order to help students understand events as they happen in the real world. This fifth edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the changes that have occurred in the financial system in recent years
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