Strategies of Banks and Other Financial Institutions || Strategies and Structures of Financial Institutions

✍ Scribed by Kumar, Rajesh

• Book ID: 126522188
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 734 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 012416997X
• DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-416997-5.00001-4

✦ Synopsis

How and why do strategic perspectives of financial institutions differ by class and region? Strategies of Banks and Other Financial Institutions: Theories and Cases is an introduction to global financial institutions that presents both theoretical and actual aspects of markets and institutions. The book encompasses depository and non-depository Institutions; money markets, bond markets, and mortgage markets; stock markets, derivative markets, and foreign exchange markets; mutual funds, insurance, and pension funds; and private equity and hedge funds. It also addresses Islamic financing and consolidation in financial institutions and markets. Featuring up-to-date case studies in its second half, Strategies of Banks and Other Financial Institutions proposes a useful theoretical framework and strategic perspectives about risk, regulation, markets, and challenges driving the financial sectors.

• Describes theories and practices that define classes of institutions and differentiate one financial institution from another
• Presents short, focused treatments of risk and growth strategies by balancing theories and cases
• Places Islamic banking and finance into a comprehensive, universal perspective