Financial Institutions: An Introduction
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2015
ISBN-13: 9788740308860
Table of contents: title: Content; title: 1. Context and functions; title: 1.1 Study outcomes; title: 1.2 Introduction; title: 1.3 Financial system; title: 1.4 Categories of financial institutions; title: 1.5 Financial intermediaries; title: 1.6 Quasi-financial intermediaries; title: 1.7 Ancillary financial entities; title: 1.8 Summary; title: 1.9 Functions of financial intermediaries; title: 1.10 References; title: 2. Deposit intermediaries: banking system; title: 2.1 Study outcomes; title: 2.2 Introduction; title: 2.3 Central bank; title: 2.4 Commercial banks; title: 2.5 Investment / merchant banks; title: 2.6 Specialised and regional banks: mutual banking intermediaries; title: 2.7 Specialised and regional banks: savings banks; title: 2.8 Specialised and regional banks: regional rural banks; title: 2.9 Specialised and regional banks: Islamic banks; title: 2.10 Other banking institutions: discount houses; title: 2.11 References; title: 3. Non-deposit intermediaries: investment vehicles; title: 3.1 Study outcomes; title: 3.2 Introduction; title: 3.3 Contractual intermediaries: long-term insurers; title: 3.4 Contractual intermediaries: retirement funds; title: 3.5 Collective investment schemes: securities unit trusts; title: 3.6 Collective investment schemes: exchange traded funds; title: 3.7 Alternative investments: hedge funds; title: 3.8 Alternative investments: private equity funds; title: 3.9 References; title: 4. Quasi-financial intermediaries; title: 4.1 Study outcomes; title: 4.2 Introduction; title: 4.3 Development finance institutions; title: 4.4 Short-term insurers; title: 4.5 Investment trust companies; title: 4.6 Open-ended investment companies; title: 4.7 Finance companies; title: 4.8 Special purpose vehicles; title: 4.9 Securities broker-dealers; title: 4.10 Credit unions / savings and credit co-operatives; title: 4.11 Friendly societies; title: 4.12 Buying associations; title: 4.13 Micro-finance institutions; title: 4.14 References; title: 5. Ancillary financial entities; title: 5.1 Study outcomes; title: 5.2 Introduction; title: 5.3 Financial exchanges; title: 5.4 Securities broker-dealer firms; title: 5.5 Fund managers; title: 5.6 Regulators; title: 5.7 References