How the City Really Works
eBook - PDF

How the City Really Works

The Definitive Guide to Money and Investing in London's Square Mile

  1. 416 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

How the City Really Works

The Definitive Guide to Money and Investing in London's Square Mile

About this book

How the City Really Works clearly explains the workings of the City, as well as its relationships with other international financial centres.The book features sections on the dangers of fraud and money laundering, credit derivatives, the latest governance issues, and the current state of the pensions market. It provides further coverage of the key roles within the City, from stockbrokers and foreign exchange dealers to accountants and Lloyd's underwriters, and demonstrates how they relate to each other.Packed with information and insights on the key products - from bonds to new share offerings and derivatives - How the City Really Works gives you a crash course in: City markets; hedge funds and traders; City regulation; the City's relationships with the United States and Europe.This informative and entertaining guide to London's financial markets offers practical advice on how you can put the information it contains to profitable use when making your investment decisions.

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Information

Publisher
Kogan Page
Year
2010
Print ISBN
9780749459680
eBook ISBN
9780749459697
Edition
3
Subtopic
Finance

Table of contents

  1. Table of contents
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgements
  4. 1 The City of London
  5. 2 The Bank of England
  6. 3 Commercial banking
  7. 4 Introduction to equities
  8. 5 How to value shares
  9. 6 New share issues
  10. 7 Investment banking
  11. 8 Introduction to derivatives
  12. 9 Derivatives for retail investors
  13. 10 Wholesale market participants
  14. 11 Interest rate products
  15. 12 Credit products
  16. 13 Commodities
  17. 14 Foreign exchange
  18. 15 The London Stock Exchange and its trading systems
  19. 16 Share trading venues and exchanges
  20. 17 Post-trade services
  21. 18 Investors
  22. 19 Pooled investments
  23. 20 Analysts and research
  24. 21 Financial communications
  25. 22 UK financial services regulation
  26. 23 European and global regulation
  27. 24 Financial fraud
  28. 25 Money laundering
  29. 26 Overview of corporate governance
  30. 27 Accounting and governance issues
  31. 28 Insurance and the London companies market
  32. 29 Insurance: Lloyd’s of London
  33. 30 Reinsurance
  34. 31 Retail insurance, savings and domestic property
  35. 32 Pensions in flux
  36. 33 The shipping industry
  37. 34 Catching the Iceland chill
  38. 35 Islamic finance
  39. 36 Ethics and integrity
  40. 37 Final word
  41. Appendix 1: Useful websites
  42. Appendix 2: Further reading
  43. References
  44. Index
  45. Index of advertisers