TY  - BOOK
AU  - Steinherr,Alfred
TI  - Derivatives: the wild beast of finance : a path to effective globalisation? 
SN  - 047182240X (pbk. : alk. paper)
AV  - HG6024.A3 S84 2000
U1  - 332.64/5 21
PY  - 2000///
CY  - Chichester, West Sussex, England, New York
PB  - John Wiley
KW  - Derivados financieros
KW  - lemb
KW  - Derivative securities
N1  - Incluye referencias bibliográficas (p. [294]-298) e índice; 1. Evolution of Finance: Venice, April 1470. 1. The functions of finance. 2. The first step towards managing financial risk: diversification and collateral. 3. The Second step towards managing financial risk: limited liability, bankruptcy laws, seniority rules, balance-sheet structure. 4. The third step towards managing financial risk: creating tradable instruments and liquidity in organised markets. 5. The final step towards managing financial risk: derivatives and financial engineering. 6. Could the acceleration in financial innovation since 1970 have been predicted? -- 2. The Americanisation of Global Finance: Minnesota Banc Corporation. 1. The emergence of the American model of finance. 2. The crowning achievement: risk-management finance. 3. Maintaining market liquidity: the sine qua non of the "American model" 4. Global finance: the result of exporting the "American model" -- 3. Dramatic Events: How George Soros sees it. 1. The EMS crisis of 1992-93
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