TY - BOOK AU - Arnold,Glen TI - Financial Times Guide to the Financial Markets SN - 9780273730002 (pbk.) AV - HG4027.3 .A77 2012 U1 - 332.45 22 PY - 2012/// CY - Harlow PB - Financial Times Prentice Hall KW - Money market KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Corporations KW - Finance N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The purpose of financial markets -- An overview of the markets and institutions -- Banking : retail and corporate -- Investment banking -- Other types of banking -- Central banking -- Pooled investment funds -- Insurance -- Money markets -- Bond markets : governments and corporates -- Bond markets : the more exotic -- Equity markets -- Raising share capital -- Futures markets -- Options and swaps -- Foreign exchange markets -- Hedge funds and private equity -- Regulation of the financial sector -- The financial crisis ER -