Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements List of abbreviations and acronyms 
Part 1 Introduction to banking
1. What is special about banks? 2. Bank activities and services 3. Types of banking 4. International banking 5. Islamic banking
Part 2 Central banking and bank regulation
6. Central Banking 7. Bank regulation and supervision 8. Bank failures and banking crises
Part 3 Issues in bank management
9. Banks' balance sheet and income structure 10. Bank financial management 11. Banking risks 12. Bank risk management
Part 4 Comparative banking markets
13. Banking in the UK 14. Banking in Europe 15. Banking in the US 16. Banking in Japan 17. Banking in emerging markets
Part 5 Advanced topics in banking
18. Banks and markets 19. Mergers and acquisitions 20. Bank competition and financial stability
Appendix A1 Interest rates, bonds and yields Appendix A2 Introduction to portfolio theory Glossary References and further reading Index

About the Author

Barbara Casu is the Director of the Centre for Banking Research at Bayes Business School, City, University of London where she is Professor of Banking and Finance. She is also the Director of the Bayes Executive PhD Programme. She has over 50 publications in peer-reviewed journals, including Review of Economics and Statistics, Journal of Money, Credit and Banking and Journal of Corporate Finance.
Claudia Girardone is Professor of Banking and Finance, Director of Essex Finance Centre (EFiC) and the Essex Business School's Director of Research. She has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed international journals, including Journal of Corporate Finance, European Journal of Operational Research, Journal of Financial Stability and Journal of Financial Services Research.
Philip Molyneux is Emeritus Professor at Bangor University. He previously was the Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Sharjah. He has published widely in the banking area including articles in the Journal of Money Credit and Banking, Journal of Banking and Finance, Journal of Financial Intermediation, Review of Finance and Journal of Financial Stability.