For junior-senior/MBA-level courses in Commercial Banking, Commercial Bank Management, Management of Financial Institutions, Financial Institutions and Markets. Established as the market-leader for more than 12 years, this thoroughly revised text describes both the theory and practice of commercial banking from a financial-management perspective. Focusing on the dynamic and rapidly changing financial-services industry, it explores modern financial management decision-making and highlights the importance of adapting to change and creating value as the way for firms to succeed.
This book is all about commercial banking in the new, deregulated environment. It discusses how increased competition, new technology, and financial innovations are changing the way commercial banks do what they do - acquire funds and make investment and lending decisions. And since commercial banks, savings and loan institutions, and financial services companies are more alike than ever, what the reader learns here about commercial bank management applies to the other financial institutions as well.
Banking is an essential industry, and one with many regulations as well as frequent, important changes. This work is designed to help students understand the field of banking from the perspective of both a bank customer as well as a bank manager. It provides a description of the banking industry.
From the growth of electronic banking, to the rapid rise in overseas operations, to deregulation and recent laws, Gup and Kolari's Commercial Banking: The Management of Risk, Third Edition (formerly Fraser, Gup, and Kolari) will help your students understand these new realities and keep up with what's happening in the banking industry. With a strong emphasis on managing risk and maximizing profit, this up-to-date text provides a comprehensive, practical introduction to bank management and current banking practices used to control different kinds of risk. With its case studies, its links to the Internet, and its comprehensive coverage--including brokerage services, insurance, and trust activities, as well as deposits, loans, and investments-- Commercial Banking provides the most thorough, up-to-date coverage for the introductory course in banking.
China is now the second largest economy in the world, with an increasingly efficient and open financial system. Many firms, agents and financial institutions have realized the potential in making money in China. Financial Theory: Perspectives from China serves as a timely textbook providing a unique introduction to economics theory, with a focus on money, banking and financial systems, through examples based mainly on China's financial practices. It contains up-to-date developments of theory and practices, as well as various interesting stories on China's financial system. Topics such as financial institutions, capital markets, debt securities markets, mutual fund markets, money markets, foreign exchange and financial derivative markets are discussed in depth. Financial theories are supplemented with illustrations from China's money supply mechanism and monetary policy system, China's financial regulatory and supervision system, as well as China's financial system and how it has liberalized and opened up to the rest of the world. Readers will find detailed examinations of financial theories, exemplified and reinforced by the inclusion of different financial cases and phenomena, each intriguing in their own right. This book provides readers with a deeper understanding of China's financial practices, providing vital knowledge for investing in China and engaging businesses there. Undergraduate students in economics and finance and those keen on becoming a player in China's financial markets will no doubt find this volume useful and necessary.
