TY - BOOK AU - Greenbaum,Stuart I. AU - Thakor,Anjan V. ED - ebrary, Inc. TI - Contemporary financial intermediation T2 - Academic Press advanced finance series AV - HG2491 .G727 2007eb U1 - 332.10973 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Amsterdam, Boston PB - Elsevier Academic Press KW - Banks and banking KW - United States KW - Financial services industry KW - Intermediation (Finance) KW - Bank management KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Originally published: Fort Worth : Dryden Press, 1995; Includes bibliographical references and index; Basic concepts -- The nature and variety of financial intermediation -- The what, how, and why of financial intermediaries -- Major risks faced by banks -- Spot lending -- Further issues in bank lending -- Special topics in credit: syndicated loans, loan sales, and project finance -- Off-balance sheet banking and contingent claims products -- Securitization -- The deposit contract and insurance -- Objectives of bank regulation -- Milestones in banking legislation and regulatory reform -- Management of risks and opportunities in banking -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Investment banking -- The future; Electronic reproduction; Palo Alto, Calif.; ebrary; 2009; Available via World Wide Web; Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries UR - http://ezproxy.taylors.edu.my/login?url=http://site.ebrary.com/lib/taylorscollege/Doc?id=10186297 ER -