The UK financial system : theory and practice / Mike Buckle and John Thompson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2004.Edition: 4th edDescription: xvii, 373 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780719067723 (pbk.) :
- 0719067723 (pbk.)
- United Kingdom financial system
- 336.41 BUC
- HJ1023
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Previous ed.: 1998.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-368) and index.
1.Introduction to the financial system -- 2.Financial intermediation and recent developments in the UK financial system -- 3.Retail banking --4.Wholesale and investment banking-- 5.Building societies and finance houses -- 6.Investment institutions -- 8.The market for equities -- 9.Interest rates and the bond market -- 10.The sterling money market -- 11.The foreign exchange market -- 12.Eurosecurities markets -- 13.Financial derivatives -- 14.Managing risk via the financial markets -- 15.The efficiency of the UK financial system -- 16.Central banking -- 17.Regulation of the financial system.
This book explains the way in which the financial system of the United Kingdom works and discusses the issues raised by recent extensive changes to the system. It gives both the institutional structure and the economic theory behind the financial systems.