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Record Nr.

UNINA9910822807803321

Autore

Gup Benton E

Titolo

Banking and financial institutions : a guide for directors, investors, and counterparties / / Benton E. Gup

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2011

ISBN

9786613176356

9781283176354

1283176351

9781118266663

1118266668

9781118087435

1118087437

9781118087442

1118087445

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Collana

Wiley finance series

Classificazione

BUS027000

Disciplina

332.10973

Soggetti

Banks and banking - United States

Financial institutions - United States

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

Banking and Financial Institutions; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; CHAPTER 1 Lessons Learned from Banking Crises; CHAPTER 2 The Economic Role of Financial Intermediaries; CHAPTER 3 The Evolving Legal Environment; CHAPTER 4 Asset/Liability Management; CHAPTER 5 Hedging and Risk Management; CHAPTER 6 Commercial and Industrial Loans; CHAPTER 7 Real Estate and Consumer Lending; CHAPTER 8 Bank Capital: Capital Adequacy; CHAPTER 9 Evaluating Bank Performance; CHAPTER 10 Payments Systems; CHAPTER 11 Other Financial Services; CHAPTER 12 A Guide to Islamic Banking

CHAPTER 13 The View from the Top: Recommendations from a Superintendent of BanksNotes; Glossary; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

"This book is a breakdown of the structure of banks and how they work



for investors and prospective borrowers. Analyzing bank financial statements, such as Uniform Bank Performance Report (UPBRs), requires considerable knowledge of bank operations. Borrowers and other bank customers should need this knowledge of banking in order to facilitate their borrowing/lending process and the pricing of the products that they use. Banking products include traditional loans and deposits, as well as stock brokerage and investments, insurance, payment systems services, wealth management, and other services related to finance are also part of banking and need to be understood in its entirety for efficient bank work flow"--