Financial Institutions, Instruments And Markets

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he Securities Markets Series has been designed to cater to professionals who do not have time to read and assimilate a treatise on Financial Management or Corporate Finance. It provides a reasonably in-depth exposition on the topics in a concise and lucid manner, embellished with a lot of pertinent examples. It offers ? Just in Time? learning on securities markets, with a focus on global conventions and practices. Financial Institutions, Instruments and Markets dwells on alternative economic systems, analyses the constituents of an economy and the role played by money in a modern economy. It covers financial assets and also compares and contrasts equity and debt securities. Further it describes: Classification of markets and role of financial intermediaries Importance of financial institutions and their role Global securities markets This book is a source of knowledge of IT professionals, students of finance and those appearing for competitive examinations like CFA, etc. About The Author Sunil K Parameswaran is CEO of Tarheel Consultancy Services, Bangalore a corporate training and management consultancy firm promoted by him. Tarheel offers training on various aspectsof Finance, such as: Securities Markets Fixed Income Securities Derivatives Investment banking Commercial banking Clients include leading companies in the field of Information Technology, based in Bangalore, Chennai, and Pune. Prior to setting up Tarheel, Dr Parameswaran was a Professor of Finance at the T.A. Pai Management Institute, Manipal. He has taught earlier at the University of Iowa, and the National University of Singapore, and has been a visiting faculty at La Trobe University, Melbourne, and XIM Bhubaneshwar. Dr Parameswaran obtained his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM- Bangalore and his Ph.D in Finance from Duke University, North Carolina. He is the author of Future Markets: Theory and Practice. Table of Contents Preface Acknowledgements Chapter 1. The Economic System Chapter 2. Financial Assets Chapter 3. Classification ofMarkets and the Role of Financial Intermediaries Chapter 4. The Global Securities Market Test Your Concepts Solutions