Dictionary of Finance, Investment and Banking
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: January 19, 2010
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 560
ISBN-13: 9780230238299
Subjects: Business & Investing -- Industries & Professions -- Banks & Banking; Business & Investing -- Investing; Professional & Technical -- Accounting & Finance -- Finance; Reference
Description: Compiled by a finance professional with real-world experience on three continents, it is a highly practical reference book containing the essential terminology of today's international financial marketplace. It gives concise and clear definitions of well over 5,000 terms commonly used in the industry, covering the disciplines of accounting, banking, corporate finance, investment management and insurance. This dictionary includes: New terminology, reflecting developments following the global financial crisis; 'Hot topics' of Islamic finance, bank regulation, carbon/emissions trading, business law/bankruptcy and structured products; International coverage, with terminology used in Europe, Asia and the USA; Technical and non-technical terms, colloquialisms, acronyms and foreign language terms; and 190 essential formulae and 50 diagrams to aid understanding.