Terms, definitions and short essays -- Deposit insurance schemes -- Gramm-Leach-Bailey Act: creating a new bank for a new millennium -- Comparative analysis of zero-coupon and coupon-pre-funded bonds -- Intertemporal risk and currency risk -- Credit derivatives -- international parity conditions...

This encyclopaedia provides a review of banking-related questions that might be faced in the financial market. It serves as both problem-solver and trouble-shooter, as well as offering research and information for strategic planning, presentations and reporting. In addition to defining many...