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This fourth edition has been fully updated and revised to take into account the recent developments in electronic banking and payment, consumer credit, securities, and financial regulation. Also included are new chapters on money laundering and bank guarantees, ensuring this text maps closely on to university law courses. ... Read more

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Developing the insights of Hayek and others of the Austrian tradition, Professor Horwitz takes an evolutionary approach to money and banking, arguing that an appreciation of the spontaneous processes that produce and maintain our monetary institutions should make us sceptical of attempts to plan or regulate the production of money. Of special interest are his argument for a completely deregulated "free banking" system and what amounts to a revisionist history of the end of the National Banking System and the origins of the Federal Reserve system. ... Read more

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In Secrets of Swiss Banking, offshore financial specialist Hoyt Barber shows how to protect your hard-earned assets by safely and legally moving your money into trusted Swiss financial institutions. Along with timely banking advice and solid investment insights, Barber provides authoritative information on a variety of Swiss banking-related issues—from the basics of opening an account to the nuances of numerous Swiss banking and investment strategies. He also details Swiss banking policies and regulations along with U.S. tax and reporting requirements. ... Read more

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Irrelevant for US Citzens
The book is good - but not for US Citizens no matter where you live.As of 2009 this book became very out of date for US citizens.Switzerland has put a hard freeze on US citizens for Investment Banking and even offshore accounts.The pressure from the US litigation with UBS has brought the Swiss Banking Community into a complete and unified anti US citizen banking access program.

good book with a caveat
This book should certainly tell you all you need to know about Swiss banking and investments - now if he had only kept his endless political biases to himself I would have added a star. It would also be wise to check online for intermediaries who can help. CAUTION: Some charge a fee, but not all. Choose the latter!

Political Ranting
The author uses this book to go off on rants about the Iraq War and Gorge W. Bush, topics that have nothing to do with Swiss Banking.

An excellent insider's treatment of the topic, and more...
This well-written work is the only book on this topic that I have been able to find in years, and, thankfully is a worthy successor to Harry Browne's landmark work, "The Complete Guide to Swiss Banks," which was published in 1976. Of course since then, times have changed, and Hoyt Barber's book is up-to-the-minute. It explores some solid investment options available to North Americans in Switzerland and other venues, including the broader picture of foreign currencies, precious metals, economics, estate planning, asset protection, and secure offshore investments.

This is a solid financial work, but also offers readable and entertaining commentary on the times.

Good resource but ignore the paranoia
If you want a concise resource about Swiss (and other off shore) banking, then this is a good - no, make that great - resource from a reputable publisher. The author covers not only Swiss banks, but other top countries world wide known for advantageous bank laws for uncertain times.

Though some automatically think of tax evasion when the subject of Swiss banking arises, the perfectly legal possibility of converting your savings into Swiss Francs could be a good hedge against a falling dollar. The book is marketed to US and Canadian audiences, so legally some of the suggestions might mean different things to different people. Therefore, do not act on his word without checking your tax status with a knowledgeable source.

The only negative would be the paranoia in the early part of the book, such as on p26 where the author suggests that the North American Union might be brought about with the aid of a "conveniently timed terrorist attack." This on its face is paranoid, but if it's meant to suggest that the terrorist attacks of 9-11 were somehow planned, then that makes it flat out stupid as well. Therein lies the problem with any book that even approaches this subject: even without such outlandish claims, the mere discussion of fiscal policy as it relates to world events will invariably offend the politics of many readers. At that point, one needs to put aside the political baggage and get past the politics and pay attention to the strategy for preserving wealth.

Even if the author truly believes in conspiracy theories (or if he only wants to cater to the tin foil hat wearing crowd), it doesn't take away from the value throughout the book. It's an uncommonly good find among personal finance books.

EDIT: Much has changed since this book was written and since I wrote this review. The US Government did the biggest shake down ever of all the suspected sanctuaries. Though the Swiss eventually told them to back off, there were substantial changes agreed to. It's embarrassing as an American, but financially we're the point where Uncle Sam is desperately looking for quarters in the sofa cushions to pay for social security, never mind all the idiotic new spending coming down the pike.

I know of no current book with the latest changes incorporated, but I haven't looked lately. In any event, beware - things are getting ugly out there.
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“A swift and brilliant synthesis of finance, politics, and history.”—Ben Sisario, New York Times Book ReviewBefore they achieved renown as patrons of thearts and de facto rulers of Florence, the Medici family earned their fortune in banking. But evenat the height of the Renaissance, charginginterest of any kind meant running afoul of theCatholic Church’s ban on usury. Tim Parksreveals how the legendary Medicis—Cosimo andLorenzo “the Magnificent” in particular—used the diplomatic, military, and even metaphysical tools at hand, along with a healthy dose of intrigueand wit, to further their fortunes as well astheir family’s standing. ... Read more

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Read It
I bought this book at the Rome train station on my way to Florence for vacation. I don't have a deep background in this subject but read this book with great enthusiasm + pleasure.He's a terrific, vibrant writer + the subject matter is gripping.

A Series of Passing References
High school history books usually make at least a passing reference to the Medici family for its role in the banking industry and its support of the arts during the Renaissance.

This book sheds some light on the peculiar banking machinations or "exchanges" that the Medici used to circumvent the church's ban on charging interest for loans.Other than the banking processes the book is padded out to 253 pages of what feels like a series of passing references for the readers of "USA Today."

"Medici Money" is easy to read, but short on content.

A "Magnificent" Book on the Rise and Fall of the Medici Bank
Can you imagine a banking system meltdown, OPEC, a war on Islamic terror, the failure of bank regulation, monetary inflation, a Bernie Madoff Ponzi scheme, a legislative prohibition on offshore oil drilling, and a political sea changeoccurring in the 15th Century city states of Italy?Just substitute Cosimo Medici, Lorenzo Medici "The Magnificent" and the Medici bank for Goldman Sachs, Lehman Brothers and AIG, Pope Paul II and Pope Sixtus for the bank regulators and modern politicians, an alum mining cartel for OPEC, a Turkish hold on the best alum deposits for modern Arab control of cheap oil, Italian merchant Giovanni da Castro as Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff, hypocritical Catholic laws against usury and monopolies for the Basel Accords, and the Papal granting of mining concessions for modern eminent domain, and you have a historical analogy with the collapse of the Bubble economy in 2008 and thereafter.

Tim Parks' exciting book Medici Money unfortunately was published in 2005, too far in advance of the world-wide financial collapse to get much attention about how globalization of finance can result in a crisis. Nonetheless this book deserves to be re-reviewed in light of the present-day financial meltdown. Fifteenth century Italy had a mix of religion, money, and politics that may not be all that much different than today even if we may not think so. Certainly, any notion of much historical progress is called into question in this book.

I found myself making notes in the margins of this well-written book to reference where I could find certain topics for later reference.This book is not to be misunderstood as a history of the Medicis or Florence but an account of the rise and fall of the Medici bank.

The author often writes eloquently.Some examples among many:
"Propaganda can invent a great deal but prefers a kernal of truth."
"Power always requires propaganda for legitimacy."
"When the grand virtues risk appearing as a charade, or as borrowed from a different drama, the one sure value that remains is money."
"But once made, money notoriously seeks that which cannot - supposedly - be bought"
"Perhaps this is what lies at the heart of our dislike of banking wealth. We are afraid we can be bought. We are sure others already have been, and that many can't wait to be."
"Foreign visitors to Italy in the Fifteenth century frequently remarked on two peculiarities. Everybody had illegitimate children and everybody was extremely concerned with etiquette...And it was perhaps in the absence of order and under the constant threat of anarchy that etiquette and obeisance became so important."

I highly recommend this 250 page book. It contains some historical illustrations that will make you stare and a couple of maps you will be often referring to. A Medici Family Tree and a chronology of the Medici bank are also helpful.

Medici Money made the banking crisis of 15th century Italy come alive in a memorable way.

A fascinating extended essay, not a history or a novel
Reading the other reviews, I see three camps. Reviewers who wanted a serious history disliked the book for being derivative, unprofessional and jumping around among topics without covering any of them well. Reviewers who wanted a straightforward story were annoyed by the literary language and complex narrative line. Reviewers who wanted a literary evocation of the life and times of the Medici Bank liked this book a lot.

I fall into the last camp. The author sets out financial, metaphysical and artistic threads and weaves the story of the Medici from them. Unlike the historian, however, he does not pick the threads that explain most of the story, instead he picks the threads of most relevance to a modern reader. He invites us, to the extent it is possible, to understand why the Medici did what they did, and why it mattered, and why those same choices still matter.

The first thread is the financial imbalance in Europe, with luxury goods flowing from the East, through Italy and north to Europe. Something, trade or money, had to flow the other direction. The imbalance was exacerbated by payments to the Church in Rome. There was not enough gold and silver available to do the job, and shipping it was too dangerous. The Medici bank made large profits for three generations by working out solutions.

At the same time, Humanism is gaining force in Italy and the Dominican Order is evolving some of the changes that will give birth to the Reformation (and cause some Medici discomfort in the person of Savonarola). Urban elites are growing in wealth and power at the expense of hereditary rulers, and inequality within urban centers is turning Republican systems to autocratic ones. War is constant, chaotic and relatively benign. The lines between war, religion, commerce and politics are not only blurred, they're non-existent.

These changes are stimulating, and being stimulated by, a revolution in Art. This is not just a change in styles but a new place for Art in the economy and in social consciousness. The Renaissance is only an external social movment, individuals have to reinvent themselves in relation to family, God and State.

The author takes us through this time of exhilaration and uncertainty with a novelist's pen. But this is not a novel, it is tied to the history of the Medici. As bankers and elite churchmen, extraordinary collectors and patrons (and at least in the case of Lorenzo, talented poets), skillful players of politics both civic and feudal and above all, masterful schemers; they are perfectly placed to feel the colliding forces that made modern Europe. The conflicts they exploited for wealth, power, acclaim and beauty are with us today.

This is a wonderful book, but difficult to categorize. I sympathize with the reviewers who were looking for something more conventional. But taken on its own terms, this is a five-star book.

Don't Buy This Book
After reading the reviews on here it seems that most people enjoy this book, but believe me the negative reviews are much closer to the truth on this. The author states that he is not an historian, but to undertake this kind of work one would expect at least good writing.Don't.The only aspect of Medici Money that is worse than the history is the writing. There are many books on Amazon about the Medici, buy one of those. ... Read more

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This universally acclaimed debut by Lathen (a pseudonym for the writing team of Mary J. Latsis and Martha Henissart) introduced mystery fans to amateur sleuth/Wall Street banker John Putnam Thatcher. Newsweek describes Lathen as "a master plotter, an elegant stylist, a comic genius and a purist who never sacrifices logic for surprise effect." ... Read more

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The startling story of an early American dreamer whose wily schemes made him a founding father of our speculation nation

Rediscover a lost chapter in early American history: the story of financial- pioneer-turned-confidence-man Andrew Dexter, Jr., and the skyscraper for which he amassed—and then lost—a paper fortune. In the 1790s, printed money and banks themselves were still regarded with tremendous suspicion, as traditional strictures about moneylending slowly made way for modern freewheeling capitalism. A pioneer in the new age of paper, Dexter challenged the notions of his Puritan ancestors by embarking on a wild career in real estate speculation, all financed by the string of banks he commandeered and the millions of dollars they freely printed. Upon this paper pyramid he built the tallest building in the United States—the Exchange Coffee House, a seven-story colossus in downtown Boston. But in early 1809, just as the exchange was ready for unveiling, the scheme collapsed. In Boston, the exchange became an opulent but largely vacant building, a symbol of monumental ambition and failure.

Kamensky deftly steers the reader through this history, providing a riveting historical narrative of a second American founding: the birth of speculative capitalism. The book will appeal to fans of Peter Bernstein’s Against the Gods, John Gordon’s Empire of Wealth, and Ron Chernow’s Alexander Hamilton, as well as Ross King’s Brunelleschi’s Dome. ... Read more

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Lively history of an original con man
Andrew Dexter Jr. is the villain of historian Jane Kamensky's book on America's first bank failure, which occurred in the early 1800s. He used worthless banknotes to finance construction of Boston's Exchange Coffee House, at seven stories then America's tallest building. In the process, he financially ruined hundreds of laborers who worked on the project. By the time they learned that his banknotes were bogus, Dexter was long gone. Kamensky deftly tells his tale with fascinating detail and little-known facts. In brilliant writing she traces the rise of "speculative capitalism." She offers the bittersweet saga of a man with little conscience and big dreams he never fulfilled. getAbstract finds that her book compellingly depicts America's early financial history - and, perhaps, one facet of its emerging fiscal personality - through the tale of this colorful charlatan.

4.5 stars-Speculation leads to widespread destruction
Kamensky has done an excellent job in this book.The book is a detailed study of the events leading up to the first bank failure in American history.In March,1809,the Farmers Exchange Bank of Gloucester,Rhode Island,collapsed.The story starts in late 1807 as a real estate speculator named Andrew Dexter,Jr.,is able to convincingly persuade many investors to financially back his Exchange Coffee House,a gigantic seven story building which will supposedlyallow financial and commercial interests to conduct their business affairs in comfort and style, with easy access to other members of the Boston financial community ,instead of haphazard meetings spread out over a number of different street corners.At this point in time the failure of Dexter's speculative " house of cards " would have had a relatively small impact.It is here that Dexter is able to use the completed but practically empty building as collateral to buy a controlling interest in a number of banks.He then used the banks currency creation power to further leverage his own speculations.Dexter's banks did not have anywhere near the necessary required reserves in gold and silver.Suspicious merchants finally started taking the notes in to redeem them for the claimed metallic backing.It was soon realized that there was no such backing.The collapse of Dexter's speculative endeavor now led to a panic and crash that severely impacted businesses that had accepted the now worthless bank notes as payment.

The most important part of the book is an implicit generalization that can be universally observed in all speculative bubbles.In order for the bubble to grow and cause great damage in the future when it deflates,bankers must extend credit to the speculators ,allowing them to leverage their own precarious debt position many times over.Without banker complicity(many times the bankers themselves begin to engage in speculative behavior,compounding the damages already done through their loan committments to speculators in the first place)the speculative bubble can't grow.

I have deducted one half of a star because the author is not aware of the extensive warnings made by Adam Smith ,in 1776 in his The Wealth of Nations,about the extreme dangers to economic growth and welfare if bankers are allowed to make loans to speculators.Smith's conclusion,that the savings will be wasted and destroyed,is as true today,as we witness the destruction being wrought by the banker financed and directed sub prime mortgage backed bonds fiasco.

Superb tale of a building, a bank failure, and the man behind both
This book describes the making and unmaking of the largest building in Boston---at the time---all built onbank notes of questionable value. It is a superb tale. The building construction is fascinating, the shaky finance more so, and the man behind it even more.

exchange artist
Very interesting story and a nice piece of Boston and US history.The author has covered this event well. In some cases she uses an affected present tense when referring to historical events - can make reading a bit confusing until you get used to it.But the insights on the history of banking and the rise of paper money are fascinating. ... Read more

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Get started on the fast track today. BANKING SYSTEMS 2E lets you explore the principles and practices of banking and credit in the United States through learning by doing and clear explanations. Whether it's financial services, human resources, marketing, or ethics, BANKING SYSTEMS 2E makes concepts easy to understand. Success tomorrow starts today with BANKING SYSTEMS 2E. ... Read more

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Banking systems
Great book, offered perfect insight into banking basics, principles, and backgrounds. I received a great grade in my class, and the book was way cheaper than I thought possible. The used copy wasn't damaged at all. I recommend to anyone who needs it that they purchase from amazon. ... Read more

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The academic literature commonly examines issues relating to bank behavior, market structure, or bank regulation by abstracting from interrelationships among these factors. From a policy perspective, however, these elements of the industrial organization of banking are inextricably linked. The goal of this book is to provide a complete overview, exposition, and evaluation of the interplay among bank behavior, market structure, and regulation. It also considers implications for a variety of public policy issues, including bank competition and risk, market discipline, antitrust issues, capital regulation, and regulatory restructuring. The book can serve as a learning tool and reference for graduate students and academics, as well as bankers and policymakers studying the industrial organization of the banking sector and interested in the impacts of banking regulations.

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The Handbook of Islamic Banking comprises 25 studies by leading international experts on Islamic banking and finance specially commissioned to analyse the various debates and the current state of play in the field.

From its origins thirty years ago, Islamic banking has expanded rapidly to become a distinctive and fast growing segment of the international banking and capital markets. Despite this expansion, Islamic banking still remains poorly understood in many parts of the Muslim world and continues to be a mystery in much of the West. This comprehensive handbook provides a succinct analysis of the workings of Islamic banking and finance, accessible to a wide range of readers. At the same time, it seeks to bring the current research agenda and the main issues on Islamic banking before a wider audience.

Islamic banking offers, as an alternative to conventional interest-based financing methods, a wide variety of financial instruments and investment vehicles based on profit-and-loss sharing arrangements. These are all explored in detail along with other subjects such as governance and risk management, securities and investment, structured financing, accounting and regulation, economic development and globalization.

M. Kabir Hassan, Mervyn Lewis and the other contributors have created an authoritative and original reference work, which will contribute to a wider understanding of Islamic banking as well as provoking further discussion and research. It will be invaluable to all scholars, researchers and policymakers with an interest in this subject. ... Read more

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Wealth management is one of the areas in which banks and other personal financial services players are investing heavily. But the market is changing fast. Going forward, players therefore need to adapt their strategies to the new realities: what worked in the past will not, for the most part, be appropriate in the future. This unique book, written by a former McKinsey consultant, offers an up-to-date, detailed, practical understanding of this exciting area of financial services. ... Read more

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Flawed writing and outdated information
I read this book in 2006, when it was published, because I am a consultant in the field it describes, and need to follow industry trends.As I review this book in 2010, it would be too easy to criticize the conclusions found here based on our 20/20 hindsight of the massive industry crisis that transpired since.Therefore, let instead me start with another aspect of the book that I found troubling at the time I read it.Unwittingly, the authors have produced an amazing demonstration of how many people within the financial industry are utterly incapable of producing readable prose.Entire sections of this book read like extended PowerPoints, complete with bullet points, with little attempt at constructing a logical flow of sentences.Acronyms are used extensively, often without definitions, which may be passable for someone who is already familiar with industry parlance, but is entirely self-defeating if the purpose is to introduce the reader to the subject matter.To make matters worse, the book averages about one misspelling or syntactical error per page, and sometimes you'll find three per page (I kid you not).This is the kind of writing that would earn you a C- in a college English class.The publishing house obviously rushed this to market with no editorial oversight and without even running it through a spellchecker.

Now, if you are willing to disregard the grammatical errors, and are already somewhat familiar with the industry, this book does serve a purpose. It provides useful information about the basic structure of the sector. But, what about the analysis of the industry's future that constitutes the all-important conclusion of the book?Here we find that the quality of the writing reflects the quality of the thinking.Overall, the authors paint a rosy picture of the future, with no inkling of the fact that the banking industry, by the time of writing, had already dug itself into the worst crisis since the Great Depression.Consequently, once the reader moves beyond the basic information to the projected sector rankings and other data, he or she will find that most of it is of little use.Many of the industry leaders extolled here have either disappeared altogether or been forced to merge.The analysis of international developments would need to be largely rewritten, because, even at the time of this writing, the global environment is evolving in dramatic ways that were not envisaged by the authors.So much for the "New Realities" in the book's subtitle.

Global Private Banking can now be read much more usefully as a historical artifact, as evidence of the optimistic, self-congratulating state of mind of the majority of financial sector managers at a critical juncture in time, than as an analysis piece.The fact that the book was really written by industry people for industry people created every disincentive to question the fundamentals of the industry, in other words, to skip the very kind of analysis that was most urgently needed.

At each level, starting with language and ending with substantive analysis, the quality of this tome is such an embarrassment that it plays right into the hands of criticisms that gained currency after the meltdown. If this is the quality of the thinking to be found in the industry that plays the central role within the economy, our industry, the public has every right to be nervous.My suggestion is that it would be nice if these individuals actually bothered to pick up some books from the literature and philosophy sections of their favorite bookseller and learned what makes writing and critical thinking work.It's not going to solve many problems in the short run, but along the way, they may also bump into the concept of civic responsibility, and find it interesting.

Great Compilation of Industry Fundamentals
I have just started my career in the Wealth Mgt industry, and I was looking for material to help me accelerate my learning curve. Mr. Maude's compilation of industry fundamentals was a great foundation to build upon. The book clearly goes thru the fragmented market, key players, products and down to regional and cultural differences of clients. Refrences and sources of much of the information in the book came from CapGemini/Merril Lynch, Boston Consulting Group, McKinsey, Smith Barney and more. With the feel of an MBA textbook, the intent is clearly to educate the reader.

Insightful survey of the private banking and wealth management industry
In this lengthy and detailed survey of the private banking and wealth management business, David Maude offers a picture of the current condition of the industry and provides historical detail about how the very wealthy manage their affairs. His objective and balanced chapters examine the challenges confronting the business today, as client relationships change, and he offers a vision for the future. This book probably belongs on the shelf of those in the private banking and wealth management business, or those rich enough to need the advice. We recommend it to anyone with an interest in how other people's money is managed.

The book I was looking for ages
If you are experienced wealth manager of just starting the carrier in this book you will find everything you need - from most recent trends in the market to client profiling, segmentation to business structures. That is the book I was looking for ages. My respect and acknowledgement to the author.

A fantastic book
A book any banking professionnal should read to understand the stategics underlying the wealth management industrie. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1913Original Publisher: National capital press, inc.Subjects: Currency questionBanks and bankingNotes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text.When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free.Excerpt: WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH US?Business is conducted on a plan that makes it difficult for the most of us to secure the time in which to increase our information and enjoy the appropriate recreations and pleasures that are necessary in order to properly develop our intelligence and give us a correct mental and physical balance. It is true, however, that most of us are, and all men should be, capable of filling better positions in life than most of them occupy, but we are still forced to remain in the same condition because we allow a false system to continue in practice rather than bestir ourselves and enforce the institution of a proper system which would enable us to follow a natural order of things and stop receiving under pay for working over time throughout the entire journey of life.One reads in newspapers, books, and other sources of information the various views and conclusions of persons very much like ourselves. Some of those who write prove to be capable judges, some poor. Some people judge honestly, some look through clouded glasses and come tostrange conclusions. Sometimes the writers are honestly mistaken in their conclusions, but many of them are actually dishonest in the views that they apparently would have other men embrace. One cannot adopt any one of these conclusions as his absolute guide; neither has one the time to read all of them before the necessity arises for him to come to some definite conclusions about present conditions. For that reason I am taking up these studies and inviting... ... Read more

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This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more

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The financial integration of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States was arguably one of the most profound changes experienced by the world economy in the 1990s. This book examines these countries in reforming their financial systems in the fist decade of transition. Through case studies as well as more thematic approaches contributors deal with crucial elements of building a market based financial system, the transformation of the banking sector, and non-bank reform and regulation of financial markets. They emphasize the importance of institution building to the process of financial sector transformation and highlight the lessons to be learned from transitional financial experiences. ... Read more

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CreditRisk+ is a widely implemented default-mode model of portfolio credit risk, based on a methodology borrowed from actuarial mathematics. This book gives an account of the status quo as well as of new and recent developments of the credit risk model CreditRisk+, which is widely used in the banking industry. It gives an introduction to the model itself and to its ability to describe, manage and price credit risk. This timely book will be an indispensable tool.

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This history tells the relatively unknown story of how the Detroit automobile industry played a major role in the 1933 banking crisis and the subsequent New Deal reforms that drastically changed the financial industry. Spurred by failed decision making by automobile industry leaders, Detroit banks experienced a critical emergency, precipitating the federal closure of banks on March 4, 1933, the first in a series of actions by which the federal government acquired power over economics previously held by states and private industrial and financial interests. ... Read more

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Excellent explaination of 1933 bank holiday
Extremely readable, has all the characters involved and the roles they played.Includes observations on the individual's conflicts of interest. ... Read more