This textbook provides an accessible introduction to finance and
financial markets around the world. Requiring no previous knowledge of
the subject, the authors comprehensively cover a broad range of
different types of banking, markets, foreign exchange and derivative
products. Incorporating recent events and current developments in
finance, contemporary, international examples are used throughout to
illustrate this fast-moving subject area. With Stephen Valdez's decades
of experience as a financial trainer and Philip Molyneux's academic
experience, they are the perfect team for this accessible and applied
textbook.
This textbook is core reading for second and third year undergraduate
students studying modules in financial markets and institutions as part
of business and management degree courses. In addition it is suitable
for use on MBA finance courses.
New to this Edition:
- Provides updated and expanded coverage of the global financial crisis
of 2007-08 and its aftermath
- Explains and contextualises the major structural and regulatory
reforms of global banking and financial markets
- A new design to make it more student-friendly, such as illustrative
boxes that explain key financial issues