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Alexander Davidson is a leading financial journalist, and a senior editor at Complinet. The Global-Investor Book of Investing Rules lists him as one of the 150 most respected financial experts in the world. He is the author of How the Global Financial Markets Really Work, The Complete Guide to Online Stock Market Investing and How to Understand the Financial Pages, all published by Kogan Page.

Table of Contents
    • Chapter - 01: The City of London;
    • Chapter - 02: The Bank of England;
    • Chapter - 03: Commercial banking;
    • Chapter - 04: Introduction to equities;
    • Chapter - 05: How to value shares;
    • Chapter - 06: New share issues;
    • Chapter - 07: Investment banking;
    • Chapter - 08: Introduction to derivatives;
    • Chapter - 09: Derivatives for retail investors;
    • Chapter - 10: Wholesale market participants;
    • Chapter - 11: Interest rate products;
    • Chapter - 36: Ethics and integrity;
    • Chapter - 37: Final word
    • Chapter - 35: Islamic finance;
    • Chapter - 34: Catching the Iceland chill;
    • Chapter - 33: The shipping industry;
    • Chapter - 32: Pensions in flux;
    • Chapter - 31: Retail insurance, savings and domestic property;
    • Chapter - 30: Reinsurance;
    • Chapter - 29: Insurance: Lloyd’s of London;
    • Chapter - 28: Insurance and the London companies market;
    • Chapter - 27: Accounting and governance issues;
    • Chapter - 26: Overview of corporate governance;
    • Chapter - 25: Money laundering;
    • Chapter - 24: Financial fraud;
    • Chapter - 23: European and global regulation;
    • Chapter - 22: UK financial services regulation;
    • Chapter - 21: Financial communications;
    • Chapter - 20: Analysts and research;
    • Chapter - 19: Pooled investments;
    • Chapter - 18: Investors;
    • Chapter - 17: Post-trade services;
    • Chapter - 16: Share trading venues and exchanges;
    • Chapter - 15: The London Stock Exchange and its trading systems;
    • Chapter - 14: Foreign exchange;
    • Chapter - 13: Commodities;
    • Chapter - 12: Credit products;

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      Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
      Publication Date: 03/04/2010
      ISBN13: 9780749459680, 978-0749459680
      ISBN10: 0749459689

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Alexander Davidson is a leading financial journalist, and a senior editor at Complinet. The Global-Investor Book of Investing Rules lists him as one of the 150 most respected financial experts in the world. He is the author of How the Global Financial Markets Really Work, The Complete Guide to Online Stock Market Investing and How to Understand the Financial Pages, all published by Kogan Page.

      Table of Contents
        • Chapter - 01: The City of London;
        • Chapter - 02: The Bank of England;
        • Chapter - 03: Commercial banking;
        • Chapter - 04: Introduction to equities;
        • Chapter - 05: How to value shares;
        • Chapter - 06: New share issues;
        • Chapter - 07: Investment banking;
        • Chapter - 08: Introduction to derivatives;
        • Chapter - 09: Derivatives for retail investors;
        • Chapter - 10: Wholesale market participants;
        • Chapter - 11: Interest rate products;
        • Chapter - 36: Ethics and integrity;
        • Chapter - 37: Final word
        • Chapter - 35: Islamic finance;
        • Chapter - 34: Catching the Iceland chill;
        • Chapter - 33: The shipping industry;
        • Chapter - 32: Pensions in flux;
        • Chapter - 31: Retail insurance, savings and domestic property;
        • Chapter - 30: Reinsurance;
        • Chapter - 29: Insurance: Lloyd’s of London;
        • Chapter - 28: Insurance and the London companies market;
        • Chapter - 27: Accounting and governance issues;
        • Chapter - 26: Overview of corporate governance;
        • Chapter - 25: Money laundering;
        • Chapter - 24: Financial fraud;
        • Chapter - 23: European and global regulation;
        • Chapter - 22: UK financial services regulation;
        • Chapter - 21: Financial communications;
        • Chapter - 20: Analysts and research;
        • Chapter - 19: Pooled investments;
        • Chapter - 18: Investors;
        • Chapter - 17: Post-trade services;
        • Chapter - 16: Share trading venues and exchanges;
        • Chapter - 15: The London Stock Exchange and its trading systems;
        • Chapter - 14: Foreign exchange;
        • Chapter - 13: Commodities;
        • Chapter - 12: Credit products;

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