Financial Institutions: An Introduction
Publisher: Bookboon.com
Published: 2013
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