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With a page devoted to every common financial term or product, this unique guide provides not only concise descriptive accounts but also clear commentary, analysis and diagrams to explain how, for example, an option is priced, sold and accounted for. Invaluable for experienced practitioners preparing reports, client briefings or in-house training manuals, as well as for comparative novices.
Table of Contents
1. Payment Products
Overview
Retail
Corporate and trade-related transactions
Financial/securities transactions
2. Trade Finance
Bills of Exchange
Collections
Letters of Credit
Factoring
Forfaiting
Performance related guarantees
Export finance
3. Lending
Overdraft
Money market advances
Acceptance credit facilities
Medium-term loans
Syndicated loans
Guarantees
4. Structured Finance
Commercial real estate finance
Project finance
Leasing
Management buyouts
Subordinated debt
5. Money Markets
Certificates of deposit
Commercial paper
Treasury bills
Repurchase agreements
6. Capital Markets
Bonds overview
Government bonds
Bond variations: option-linked bonds, Coupon-modification bonds, Asset-backed bonds
Equities - ordinary shares
Equities - preference shares
7. Risk Management
Foreign exchange
Forward - forward
Forward rate agreement
Financial futures
Swaps
Options
8. Consumer Products
Personal loans
Residential mortgages
Mutual funds
Pension funds
Index
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