The money machine
Subtitle: how the City works
By: Philip Coggan
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780141042893
Subjects: Financial institutions; Places financières; Institutions financières
Description: In this edition, financial journalist Philip Coggan cuts through the myths and scandals which make the news, to explain the nuts and bolts of the financial system.
Notes: Previous edition: 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The international financial revolution; title: 2. Money and interest rates; title: 3. The retail banks and building societies; title: 4. Investment banks; title: 5. The bank of England; title: 6. The money markets; title: 7. Borrowers; title: 8. Investment institutions; title: 9. Hedge funds and private equity; title: 10. Shares; title: 11. The international bond market; title: 12. Insurance; title: 13. Risk management; title: 14. Foreign exchange; title: 15. Personal finance; title: 16. Controlling the city.