Modern Banking |  | Author: Shelagh Heffernan
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
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Media: Paperback
Pages: 736
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.3
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.4 x 1.8
ISBN: 0470095008
Dewey Decimal Number: 332.1
EAN: 9780470095003
ASIN: 0470095008
Publication Date: January 18, 2005
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Product Description
Modern Banking focuses on the theory and practice of banking, and its prospects in the new millennium. The book is written for courses in banking and finance at Masters/MBA level, or undergraduate degrees specialising in this area. Bank practitioners wishing to deepen and broaden their understanding of banking issues may also be attracted to this book. While they often have exceptional and detailed knowledge of the areas they have worked in, busy bankers may be all too unaware of the key broader issues. Consider the fundamental questions: What is unique about a bank? and What differentiates it from other financial institutions? Answering these questions begins to show how banks should evolve and adapt - or fail. If bankers know the underlying reasons for why profitable banks exist, it will help them to devise strategies for sustained growth. Modern Banking concludes with a set of case studies that give practical insight into the key issues covered in the book: - The core banking functions
- Different types of banks and diversification of bank activities
- Risk management: issues and techniques
- Global regulation: Basel 1 and Basel 2.
- Bank regulation in the UK, US, EU, and Japan
- Banking in emerging markets
- Bank failure and financial crises
- Competitive issues, from cost efficiency to mergers and acquisitions
- Case Studies including: Goldman Sachs, Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui, Bancomer
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Great introduction into international banking January 31, 2006
Dmitri Gavrilov (USA)
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
This book is an overview of the international banking industry. Instead of focusing on banking in a particular country, the author discussed general types of banks, banking services, banking regulations in different countries, ways how the regulations influence banking in countries with various types of economy and financial systems (USA, Britain, EU countries, Japan, emerging economies of Russia, China, Latin America and Islamic countries). The large part of the book is devoted to analysis of bank failures and survival of banks in financial crises. The book contains enormous amount of compressed material and real-world examples.
The book is written in clear language and can be read without prior knowledge in the field, except the chapter on the competitive issues in banking, which requires some understanding of basic methods of Econometrics. The book gives brief introduction into financial securities and derivatives, but some prior knowledge is preferable for better understanding of the material.
The book was written with the particular university course in mind, but the scope and depth of the presented material make it useful for anyone who wishes to broaden his understanding of international finance.
Excellent overview January 7, 2008
Alberto Ponsa Talavera (Barcelona)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is an excellent first retail banking book. It covers all the topics of banking business, going from banking terms through Basilea, banking crashes or even a few notes on credit management. It's a perfect book for those who want to go through the retail banking world, or those who want to unerstand how the retail banking works. An state-of-the art exposition!!!
Comprehensive and updated March 26, 2006
Todesca Tommaso (Trento Italy)
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
This book has been thought as a course manual, but it reads like a divulgative work on modern international and multinational banking. The numerous examples come from some of the big issues faced by different banks in different countries, and the open-minded approach of the author gives you the chance to easily grasp the big picture.
Great reading for learning modern banking November 9, 2006
Daniel Zepeda (Tegucigalpa, Honduras)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book is great reading for anyone in the financial world that needs to know how modern banking works. Great for professionals and students that need a real comprehensive view of international modern banking.
A Review of opinions March 10, 2009
Mr. B. Dewhurst (London England)
0 out of 10 found this review helpful
banks are currently urging for a morgage tax, this to their credit, alows adjustemnt of their greed. Further A Federaly adjusted though state set Morgage tax alows the following, federal adminstration, state claim and federal assessemnt. the implications are that the federal, system, grants owners the land rights, thus may wave if apealed or impose a decision. Provided indeviduals seek to ask for a juries assessemnt of value.
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