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

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

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Options, futures and other derivatives / by Hull, John, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Mechanics of futures markets -- Hedging strategies using futures -- Interest rates -- Determination of forward and futures prices -- Interest rate futures -- Swaps -- Mechanics of options markets -- Properties of stock options -- Trading strategies involving options -- Binomial trees -- Wiener processes and Ito's Lemma -- The Black-Scholes-Merton model -- Employee stock options -- Options on stock indices and currencies -- Options on futures -- Greek letters -- Volatility smiles -- Basic numerical procedures -- Value at risk -- Estimating volatilities and correlations for risk management -- Credit risk -- Credit derivatives -- Exotic options -- Insurance, weather, and energy derivatives -- More on models and numerical procedures -- Martingales and measures -- Interest rate derivatives : the standard market models -- Convexity, timing and quanto adjustments -- Interest rate derivatives : models of the short rate -- Interest rate derivatives : HJM and LMM -- Swaps revisited -- Real options -- Derivatives mishaps and what we can learn from them.…”

Lessons in mortality doctors and patients struggling together / by Weisse, Allen B.

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Understanding Islamic finance by Ayub, Muhammad, 1951-

Table of Contents: “…Distinguishing features of the Islamic economic system -- The main prohibitions and business ethics in Islamic economics and finance -- The philosophy and features of Islamic finance -- Islamic law of contracts and business transactions -- Trading in Islamic commercial law -- Loan and debt in Islamic commercial law -- Overview of financial institutions and products: conventional and Islamic -- Murabaha and musawamah -- Forward sales : salam and istisna'a -- Ijarah / leasing -- Participatory modes : shirkah and its variants -- Some accessory contracts -- Application of the system : financing principles and practices -- Sukuh and securitization : vital issues in Islamic capital markets -- Takaful : an alternative to conventional insurance -- An appraisal of common criticism of Islamic banking and finance -- The way forward.…”
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Introduction to securitization by Fabozzi, Frank J.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Issuer motivation for securitizing assets and the goals of securitizing -- Structuring agency MBS deals -- Structuring nonagency deals -- Credit enhancements -- Use of interest rate derivatives in securitization transactions -- Operational issues in securitization -- Collateral classes in ABS : retail loans -- Asset-backed commercial paper conduits and other structured vehicles -- Securitization of future cash flows : future revenues, operating revenues, and insurance profits -- Introduction to collateralized debt obligations -- Types of collateralized debt obligations -- Structuring and analysis of CDOs -- Benefits of securitization to financial markets and economies -- Concerns with securitization's impact on financial markets and economies.…”
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Greening the Financial Sector How to Mainstream Environmental Finance in Developing Countries /

Table of Contents: “…Mainstreaming Environmental Finance into Financial Markets - Relevance, Potential and Obstacles -- Mainstreaming Framework Conditions for Environmental Finance - The Role of the Public Sector -- Mainstreaming Environmental Finance Markets (I) - Small-Scale Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Finance -- The Roles of Wheather Insurance and the Carbon Market -- Mainstreaming Impact Over Time - Who Measures What for Whom? …”
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Working ethically in finance : clarifying our vocation / by Asher, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…Investment management -- 8. Insurance and pensions -- 9. Banking -- 10. Regulation -- 11. …”
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Greening the Financial Sector How to Mainstream Environmental Finance in Developing Countries /

Table of Contents: “…Mainstreaming Environmental Finance into Financial Markets - Relevance, Potential and Obstacles -- Mainstreaming Framework Conditions for Environmental Finance - The Role of the Public Sector -- Mainstreaming Environmental Finance Markets (I) - Small-Scale Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Finance -- The Roles of Wheather Insurance and the Carbon Market -- Mainstreaming Impact Over Time - Who Measures What for Whom? …”
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Working ethically in finance : clarifying our vocation / by Asher, Anthony

Table of Contents: “…Investment management -- 8. Insurance and pensions -- 9. Banking -- 10. Regulation -- 11. …”
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Recent developments in mathematical finance International Conference on Mathematical Finance, Shanghai, China, 10-13 May 2001 /

Table of Contents: “…Liu -- Sharp Estimates of Ruin Probabilities for Insurance Models Involving Investments 72 -- J. Ma and X. …”
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Recent developments in mathematical finance International Conference on Mathematical Finance, Shanghai, China, 10-13 May 2001 /

Table of Contents: “…Liu -- Sharp Estimates of Ruin Probabilities for Insurance Models Involving Investments 72 -- J. Ma and X. …”
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Ethical marketing and the new consumer by Arnold, Chris

Table of Contents: “…-- Churn and the disposable society -- Bad tasting medicine -- It's not what you say but what you do -- Brand terrorism -- Survival and security -- Engaging the consumer, sharing responsibility -- Finding reasons to buy -- Research and surveys -- The business and religion of ethics -- Fairtrade -- Food waste and recycling -- Recycling for resale -- Turning recycling into good marketing -- The ethical sphere -- Language and persuasion -- How to be a creative marketer -- Fat and fit : obesity and health -- Selling ethical behaviour -- From brand values to brand value -- Fast fashion -- Washing green -- Green insurance and finance.…”
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Ethical marketing and the new consumer by Arnold, Chris

Table of Contents: “…-- Churn and the disposable society -- Bad tasting medicine -- It's not what you say but what you do -- Brand terrorism -- Survival and security -- Engaging the consumer, sharing responsibility -- Finding reasons to buy -- Research and surveys -- The business and religion of ethics -- Fairtrade -- Food waste and recycling -- Recycling for resale -- Turning recycling into good marketing -- The ethical sphere -- Language and persuasion -- How to be a creative marketer -- Fat and fit : obesity and health -- Selling ethical behaviour -- From brand values to brand value -- Fast fashion -- Washing green -- Green insurance and finance.…”
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Privacy in peril by Rule, James B., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…The making of an issue -- The tensions of privacy and disclosure -- Privacy regimes in turmoil -- Blaming technology -- The idea of privacy protection -- Legislating privacy protection -- Spreading shadows -- Constraints and countercurrents -- Government surveillance -- Government surveillance in America -- Parallels abroad -- The coalescence of government surveillance -- Conclusion -- Personal data in the marketplace: credit, insurance and advertising -- The United States : a virtually free market for personal information -- Markets abroad : the American model versus privacy constraints -- Surveillance in motion -- Safe harbor -- Some rare privacy victories -- Conclusion -- The future of privacy -- Privacy protection : the official response -- Privacy codes : a balance sheet -- Origins of the conflict -- The destination -- Collapsing resistance? …”
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A course in monetary economics sequential trade, money, and uncertainty / by Eden, Benjamin

Table of Contents: “…-- Sticky prices in a demand-satisfying model -- Sticky prices with optimal quantity choices -- Flexible prices -- Part 2: An introduction to the economics of uncertainty -- Preliminaries -- Does insurance require risk aversion? -- Asset prices and the Lucas' "tree model" -- Part 3: An introduction to uncertain and sequential trade (UST) -- Real models -- A monetary model -- Limited participation, sticky prices, and UST: a comparison -- Inventories and business cycle -- Money and credit in the business cycle -- Evidence from micro data -- The Friedman rule in UST model -- Sequential international trade -- Endogenous information and externalities -- Search and contracts.…”
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Terrorism issues, policies and legislation

Table of Contents: “…Thomas -- Summary of the White House review of the December 25, 2009 attempted terrorist attack / Office of the Press Secretary -- Ocean piracy and its impact on insurance / Rawle 0. King -- Latin America : terrorism issues / Mark P. …”
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Terrorism issues, policies and legislation

Table of Contents: “…Thomas -- Summary of the White House review of the December 25, 2009 attempted terrorist attack / Office of the Press Secretary -- Ocean piracy and its impact on insurance / Rawle 0. King -- Latin America : terrorism issues / Mark P. …”
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Finance for Food Towards New Agricultural and Rural Finance /

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Privacy in peril by Rule, James B., 1943-

Table of Contents: “…The making of an issue -- The tensions of privacy and disclosure -- Privacy regimes in turmoil -- Blaming technology -- The idea of privacy protection -- Legislating privacy protection -- Spreading shadows -- Constraints and countercurrents -- Government surveillance -- Government surveillance in America -- Parallels abroad -- The coalescence of government surveillance -- Conclusion -- Personal data in the marketplace: credit, insurance and advertising -- The United States : a virtually free market for personal information -- Markets abroad : the American model versus privacy constraints -- Surveillance in motion -- Safe harbor -- Some rare privacy victories -- Conclusion -- The future of privacy -- Privacy protection : the official response -- Privacy codes : a balance sheet -- Origins of the conflict -- The destination -- Collapsing resistance? …”
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