Casu, Barbara <br/><br/>
Introduction to banking. / 
Barbara Casu, Claudia Girardone, Philip Molyneux 
 - London:   Pearson,    2015. 
 - livi, 767 p. :   ill. ; 
<br/><br/>Contents: 1. Introduction to banking: What is special about banks -- Bank activities and services -- Types of banking -- International  banking -- 2. Central banking and bank regulation: Theory of central banking -- Central banks in practice -- Bank regulation and supervision -- Bank failures and baking crises -- 3. Issues in bank management: Banks' balance sheet and income structure -- Bank financial management -- Banking risks -- Banking risks management -- 4. Comparative banking markets: Banking in the UK -- Banking in Europe -- Banking in the US -- Banking in Japan -- Banking in emerging markets -- <br/>5. Advanced topics in banking: Banks and markets -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Bank competition and financial stability -- Appendix A1: Interest rates, bonds and yields -- Appendix A2:  Introduction to portfolio theory  
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780273718130 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Banks and banking--Europe.    Bank management--Europe. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG2974.C37