Research Catalog

Title

International finance : law and regulation / Hal S. Scott.

Author

Scott, Hal S.

Publication

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2008.

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Details

Description

xx, 856 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

This work explains the legislation and regulation of international finance and how it should be applied. It includes the new regulatory regimes in the US and Europe as well as developments arising from Basel II.

Subject

• International finance > Law and legislation
• Banks and banking, International > Law and legislation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction -- International aspects of US capital markets -- International aspects of US banking markets -- The European Union : the single market in financial services -- Europe's economic and monetary union -- International aspects of Japanese financial markets -- Capital adequacy -- Foreign exchange regimes -- The payment system -- Clearance and settlement -- Euromarkets -- Asset securitisation -- Stock market competition -- Futures and options -- Swaps -- Mutual and hedge funds -- Project finance -- Privatisation and institutional investors -- Emerging market debt -- Financial system reforms in developing and emerging markets -- Controlling the financing of terrorism, terrorism insurance, and financial terrorism.

ISBN

• 0421932902
• 9780421932906

OCLC

• 182563426
• SCSB-10193486

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library