In Contemporary Financial Intermediation, Third Edition, Greenbaum, Thakor and Boot offer a distinctive approach to financial markets and institutions, presenting an integrated portrait that puts information at the core. Instead of simply naming and describing markets, regulations, and institutions as competing books do, the authors explore the endless subtlety and plasticity of financial institutions and credit markets. This edition has six new chapters and increased, enhanced pedagogical supplements. The book is ideal for anyone working in the financial sector, presenting professionals with a comprehensive understanding of the reasons why markets, institutions, and regulators act as they do. Readers will find an unmatched, thorough discussion of the world's financial markets and how they function. - Provides a distinctive and thought-provoking approach to the world's financial markets - Explores the endless subtleties and plasticity of financial institutions and credit markets - Newly revised, with six new chapters and increased pedagogical supplements - Presents anyone working in the financial markets and sector with a comprehensive understanding of the inner workings of world markets

Stuart Greenbaum is a leading authority on banks. Formerly dean of the John M. Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis, he spent twenty years at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where he was the Director of the Banking Research Center and the Norman Strunk Distinguished Professor of Financial Institutions. Three times he was appointed to the Federal Savings and Loan Advisory Council and was twice officially commended for extraordinary public service. He is founding editor of the Journal of Financial Intermediation.

In Contemporary Financial Intermediation, Third Edition, Greenbaum, Thakor and Boot offer a distinctive approach to financial markets and institutions, presenting an integrated portrait that puts information at the core.

Instead of simply naming and describing markets, regulations, and institutions as competing books do, the authors explore the endless subtlety and plasticity of financial institutions and credit markets.

This edition has six new chapters and increased, enhanced pedagogical supplements. The book is ideal for anyone working in the financial sector, presenting professionals with a comprehensive understanding of the reasons why markets, institutions, and regulators act as they do. Readers will find an unmatched, thorough discussion of the world's financial markets and how they function.

• Provides a distinctive and thought-provoking approach to the world's financial markets
• Explores the endless subtleties and plasticity of financial institutions and credit markets
• Newly revised, with six new chapters and increased pedagogical supplements
• Presents anyone working in the financial markets and sector with a comprehensive understanding of the inner workings of world markets

1 Basic Concepts

2 The Nature and Variety of Financial Intermediation

3 The What, How and Why of Financial Intermediaries

4 Bank Risks

5 Interest Rate Risk

6 Liquidity Risk

7 Spot Lending and Credit Risk

8 Further Issues in Bank Lending

9 Special Topics in Credit: Syndicated Loans, Loan Sales, and Project Finance

10 Off-Balance Sheet Banking and Contingent Claims Products

11 Securitization

12 The Deposit Contract, Deposit Insurance, and Shadow Banking

13 Bank Capital Structure

14 The 2007-2009 Financial Crisis and Other Financial Crises

15 Objectives of Bank Regulation

16 Milestones in Banking Legislation and Regulatory Reform

17 The Evolution of Banks and Markets and the Role of Financial Innovation

18 The Future