The Eighth Edition of "Banking and Financial Services" is publishing at a time where the world that we live in is changing rapidly. The entire financial sector is threatened by significant risks at home and abroad, inside and outside the individual financial firm. "Banking and Financial Services" is designed to help students master established management principles and to confront the perplexing issues of risk, regulation, technology, and competition that bankers and other financial-service managers see as their greatest challenges for the present and future. This new edition offers the student many of the key trends and changes in the financial-services sector. With this relevant information students are able to grasp the rapid changes that are happening in this course area and in the real world. "Banking and Financial Services" also remains the most readable and engaging text on the market, with a plethora of real-world examples and a robust support package for instructors.
Part I. Introduction to the Business of Banking and Financial-Services Management
Chapter 1: An Overview of Banks and The Financial-Services Sector
Chapter 2: The Impact of Government Policy and Regulation on Banking and the Financial-Services Industry
Chapter 3: The Organization and Structure of Banking and the Financial-Services Industry
Chapter 4: Establishing New Banks, Branches, ATMs, Telephone Services, and Web Sites
Part II. Financial Statements and Financial Firm Performance
Chapter 5: The Financial Statements of Banks and their Principal Competitors
Chapter 6: Measuring and Evaluating the Performance of Banks and their Principal Competitors
Part III. Asset-Liability Management Techniques and Hedging Against Risk
Chapter 7: Asset-Liability Management: Determining and Measuring Interest Rates and Controlling Interest-Sensitive and Duration Gaps
Chapter 8: Using Financial Futures, Options, Swaps, and other Hedging Tools in Asset-Liability Management
Chapter 9: Risk Management Using Asset-Backed Securities, Loan Sales, Credit Standbys, and Credit Derivatives
Part IV. Managing the Investment Portfolios and Liquidity Positions of Banks and their Principal Competitors
Chapter 10: The Investment Function in Banking and Financial Services Management
Chapter 11: Liquidity and Reserve Management: Strategies and Policies
Part V. Managing Sources of Funds for Banks and their Principal Competitors
Chapter 12: Managing and Pricing Deposit Services
Chapter 13: Managing Nondeposit Liabilities and other Sources of Borrowed Funds
Chapter 14: Investment Banking, Insurance, and other Sources of Fee Income
Chapter 15: The Management of Capital
Part VI. Providing Loans to Businesses and Consumers
Chapter 16: Lending Policies and Procedures
Chapter 17: Lending to Business Firms and Pricing Business Loans
Chapter 18: Consumer Loans, Credit Cards, and Real Estate Lending
Part VII. Managing the Future in a Global Marketplace
Chapter 19: Acquisitions and Mergers in Financial-Services Management
Chapter 20: International Banking and the Future of Banking and Financial-Services
Dictionary of Banking and Financial-Services Terms