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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818254703321

Autore

Machiraju H. R

Titolo

Modern commercial banking / / H.R. Machiraju

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New Delhi, : New Age International (P) Ltd., Publishers, c2008

ISBN

1-281-99305-0

9786611993054

81-224-2622-0

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Disciplina

332.1

332.1068

Soggetti

Banks and banking - India

Finance - India

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Contents; Chapter 1. Banking in the New Millennium; Chapter 2. Evolution of Commercial Banking; Chapter 3. Banking Systems; Chapter 4. Functions of a Commercial Bank; Chapter 5. Analysis of Assets and Liabilities of Scheduled Commercial Banks; Chapter 6. Efficiency of the Banking System; Chapter 7. Management of Capital; Chapter 8. Risks in Commercial Banking; Chapter 9. Derivatives for Risk Management; Chapter 10. Interest Rate Risk; Chapter 11. Liquidity Risk; Chapter 12. Credit Risk; Chapter 13. Investment Management

Chapter 14. Foreign Currency Dealing Chapter 15. Foreign Currency Risk; Chapter 16. International Banking; Glossary; Index

Sommario/riassunto

About the Book: The basic function of a commercial bank is risk management. Banks have to adopt a risk management approach to maximize shareholder value/net value and to conform to the RBI guidelines (1999). Further the adoption of ALM and diversification of activities to earn fee income has resulted in the assumption of risks which had to be hedged by derivatives. Since major banks are foreign exchange dealers, exchange risk and interest risk have to be covered. Finally derivatives themselves carry a lot of risk which has become a major concern of regulators.  The book analyses and prese