Too big to fall

the hazards of bank bailouts

The potential failure of a large bank presents vexing questions for policy-makers. It poses significant risks to other financial institutions; to the financial system as a whole; and possibly to the economic and social order. Because of such fears; policymakers in many countries - developed and ...

Law of bank payments

INDEX: 1 Introduction. 2 Money. 3 Payment by funds transfer. 4 Plastic money. 5 Internet payments. 6 Bills of exchange. 7 Cheques. 8 Documentary credits and related transactions.

CreditRisk+ in the banking industry

CreditRisk+ is an important and widely implemented default-mode model of portfolio credit risk, based on a methodology borrowed from actuarial mathematics. This book gives an account of the status quo as well as of new and recent developments of the credit risk model CreditRisk+, which ...

The quiet revolution

central banking goes modern

Although little noticed, the face of central banking has changed significantly over the past ten to fifteen years, says the author of this enlightening book. Alan S. Blinder, a former vice chairman of the Federal Reserve System and member of President Clinton#s Council of ...

Excellence in banking-revisited!

The sequel to two in-depth studies of the management of excellent banks written in the 1980s, this new volume addresses the key issues that preoccupy the leadership of today's most admired banking institutions. After reviewing the lessons learned from the previous studies, the author ...

A bank analyst's handbook

money,risk and conjuring tricks

It is not uncommon to meet professionals in financial services who have only a vague idea of what their colleagues actually do. The root cause is specialization and the subsequent development of jargon that makes communication between common specialists faster and more precise but is ...

Basilea II

una nueva forma de relación Banca-Empresa

El libro está enfocado, primordialmente, a ¿sensibilizar¿ a los empresarios directivos de esta nueva realidad financiera que les afecta en su ¿core business?. Basilea II pretende alcanzar tres objetivos:- Que el capital de las entidades crediticias sea cada día sea más sensible a los distintos ...

La domiciliación bancaria de recibos

Dentro de las operaciones bancarias #neutras o de gestión# que ofrecen las entidades de crédito a sus clientes se encuentra la domiciliación bancaria de recibos, incluida en el servicio de caja. En virtud del servicio de domiciliación bancaria de recibos, una entidad de crédito (entidad ...

Banks, consumers and regulation

Recent developments in law, public policy, and regulation have ensured that questions regarding the relationship between banks and their customers have seldom been out of the spotlight. This important book provides a timely, original, and critical examination of the role of the law in regulating ...

Empleado administrativo de entidades financieras

manual práctico de contabilidad, operativa bancaria y ofimática financiera: Tomo I

El objetivo fundamental del manual que ahora tiene en sus manos es la consecución óptima de la competencia general de atender y asesorar al cliente sobre la oferta de productos y servicios de una entidad, efectuando, tramitando, contabilizando y archivando las operaciones corrientes de banca ...

Financial intermediation in the New Europe

banks, markets and regulation in EU accession countries

What role will the current evolution of banking systems play in the newly adopted EU countries during the historic challenges following enlargement? This book, a blend of economics and political economy, offers a systematic analysis of the current trends in financial intermediation in the countries ...

Economic capital allocation with Basel II

Cost, benefit and implementation procedures

This book is a complimentary follow-on book to Operational Risk Control with Basel II. While the previous book focuses on operational risk, Economic Capital Allocation provides an overview of credit risk within the context of the Basel II accords. The book provides: -Comprehensive coverage of ...

22 keys to sales success

how to make it big in financial services

Other people's money

the corporate mugging of America

Critical, independent voices are seldom found within the citadels of international finance. That's what makes Nomi Prins unique. During fifteen years in the upper flights of banks like Goldman Sachs, Bear Stearns, and Lehman Brothers, Prins never lost her ability to see the broader ...

The Oxford guide to financial modeling

applications for capital markets, corporate finance, risk management, and financial institutions

The essential premise of this book is that theory and practice are equally important in describing financial modeling. In it the authors try to strike a balance in their discussions between theories that provide foundations for financial models and the institutional details that provide the ...

Credit, intermediation, and the macroeconomy

readings and perspectives in modern financial theory

This combination of explanatory discussion by leading financial economists and centrally important journal articles provides comprehensive and coherent coverage of the major issues in financial theory. It will help students to understand the functioning of the financial sector and the intermediary institutions that comprise it ...

Value added risk management in finacial institutions

leveraging Basel II & risk adjusted performance measurement

The typical financial executive s view of the value of risk management in their financial institution is based on the belief that risk management focuses on loss avoidance. This view is based on the history of risk management being control focused. However, risk management has ...

The commonwealth banking and offshore Almanac 2002/3

Money and banking

A survey of the role played by money and banking in the global economy. The book is an introduction for new bankers or students of banking, and a refresher for more experienced bankers preparing for coursework. Coverage ranges from interest rates to bank regulation, monetary ...

Anuario estadístico de la banca en España 2002