Title: Demons in the Financial World and How to Spot Them
Description: Demons is Wright's Manual on Compliance in the Financial Services industry in the western world:  how to set up and run a compliance department, how the investor can keep from being cheated, how the regulator needs to stay on top of frauds.  Its title, Demons in the Financial World:  How to Spot Them, is quite descriptive.  The sub-title, Compliance, Conflict and Confusion in Corporate Governance is further helpful.  This is the must-read in the modern world of cross-border cheats, liars, thieves and frauds, from Bernie Madoff to Earl Jones and Lehman Bros, SubPrime crises, illiquidity and asset-backed securities.
Subjects: Compliance, Corporate Governance, Fraud, Financial Services, Investing
Time periods: to 2008