Financial Institutions: An Introduction
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788740308860
Table of contents: title: Sisältö; title: Context and functions; title: Study outcomes; title: Introduction; title: Financial system; title: Categories of financial institutions; title: Financial intermediaries; title: Quasi-financial intermediaries; title: Ancillary financial entities; title: Summary; title: Functions of financial intermediaries; title: References; title: Deposit intermediaries: banking system; title: Study outcomes; title: Introduction; title: Central bank; title: Commercial banks; title: Investment / merchant banks; title: Specialised and regional banks: mutual banking intermediaries; title: Specialised and regional banks: savings banks; title: Specialised and regional banks: regional rural banks; title: Specialised and regional banks: Islamic banks; title: Other banking institutions: discount houses; title: References; title: Non-deposit intermediaries: investment vehicles; title: Study outcomes; title: Introduction; title: Contractual intermediaries: long-term insurers; title: Contractual intermediaries: retirement funds; title: Collective investment schemes: securities unit trusts; title: Collective investment schemes: exchange traded funds; title: Alternative investments: hedge funds; title: Alternative investments: private equity funds; title: References; title: Quasi-financial intermediaries; title: Study outcomes; title: Introduction; title: Development finance institutions; title: Short-term insurers; title: Investment trust companies; title: Open-ended investment companies; title: Finance companies; title: Special purpose vehicles; title: Securities broker-dealers; title: Credit unions / savings and credit co-operatives; title: Friendly societies; title: Buying associations; title: Micro-finance institutions; title: References; title: Ancillary financial entities; title: Study outcomes; title: Introduction; title: Financial exchanges; title: Securities broker-dealer firms; title: Fund managers; title: Regulators; title: References