ESCP Europe

"Chris has taken the best of his All You Need To Know books on the City, City Part 2 and Global Financial Markets and put the best bits in this, his brand new, rewritten, comprehensive and up-to-date survey - essential reading for anyone who needs to know about the financial markets but doesn't know where to start." from back cover.

Introduction: Codebreaking the financial markets --- Chapter 1: Stock (equity) markets --- Chapter 2: The bond (debt) market --- Chapter 3: Currency markets (Foreign Exchange or FX) --- Chapter 4: Derivatives --- Chapter 5: Securitisation --- Chapter 6: The banking market --- Chapter 7: Retail finance --- Chapter 8: Emerging markets --- Chapter 9: Offshore financial centres --- Chapter 10: International financial centres --- Chapter 11: Market participants --- Chapter 12: Markets, money and models --- Final thoughts: regulation (and how to read The Financial Times) --- Index / glossary..