Acknowledgements.Preface. Part I - Introduction. 1: Introduction. Part II - Theory. 2: Portfolio theory. 3: The level of interest rates. 4: The structure of interest rates.
5: The valuation of assets. Part III - Money and banking. 6: Banks and the supply of money. 7: The demand for money. Part IV - Markets. 8: Money markets. 9: Bond markets. 10: Equity markets.
11: Forex markets. 12: Financial futures markets. 13: Options, swaps and other derivatives. Part V - Financial Systems. 14: An Introduction to financial systems. 15: The UK financial system. 16: The USA financial system. 17: The German financial system.
18: The French and Italian systems. Part VI - Current issues. 19: The single european market. 20: EMS and EMU. 21: The European Central Bank and post-EMU monetary policy. 22: Financial innovation. 23: Regulation of financial markets. 24: Financial market efficiency.
Case Studies.