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Closed-End Investment Companies (CEICs) have experienced a significant revival of interest, both as investment vehicles and as the subject of academic research, over the past decade.

National treatment and national sovereignty are preserved. national responsibility for (a) monetary policy, (b) prevention of unwarranted financial panics in domestically chartered institutions, whether foreign or domestically owned, and (c) supervision of all domestically chartered institutions, regardless of ownership.

In Chapter 5, William Shughart also considers the part that politics played in banking legislation during the 1930s, but he looks at the banking legislation passed in the United States.

Historians of our financial system will record this as an age of deregulation and bank mergers. During the 1981-1986 period, there were 2,139 mergers in banking and finance, accounting for 16 percent of total merger activity.l More mergers occurred in banking and finance than in any other industry.

National treatment and national sovereignty are preserved. national responsibility for (a) monetary policy, (b) prevention of unwarranted financial panics in domestically chartered institutions, whether foreign or domestically owned, and (c) supervision of all domestically chartered institutions, regardless of ownership.

One of the major financial market events of the 1980s was the precipitous rise of depository institution failures including banks, savings and loan associations, and credit unions.

Initial public offerings (IPOs) play a crucial role in allocating resources in market economies. Audience: Designed for use by anyone wishing to perform further academic research in the area of IPOs and by those practitioners interested in IPOs as investment vehicles.

At the start of the twenty-first century, the Japanese financial system is undergoing a major transformation. How will the Big Bang's financial deregulation further change the Japanese financial system, including the huge government financial institutions and postal savings system?

Closed-End Investment Companies (CEICs) were the dominant form of investment companies in the United States during the early part of this century, but interest in them declined after the 1929 stock market crash.

The ongoing globalization of financial markets has increased the import ance to users of financial services, policy-makers and financial analysts of understanding the structure and operation of banking systems in other countries as well as that in their own country.

Major challenges for life insurance companies have been posed by an unprecedented wave of mergers and acquisitions in the insurance industry and the emergence of non-traditional competitors such as banks, mutual fund companies and investment advisory firms.

Consumer Attitudes Toward Credit Insurance provides the findings of a survey of approximately 3600 individuals who had the opportunity to purchase credit life insurance in conjunction with all types of consumer loans, except first mortgages and credit cards.

At the start of the twenty-first century, the Japanese financial system is undergoing a major transformation. How will the Big Bang's financial deregulation further change the Japanese financial system, including the huge government financial institutions and postal savings system?

This book presents a critical analysis of four critical areas of investment management. Coverage includes an overview of portfolio management and its historical evolution; review and analysis of a range of academic research into the performance of portfolio managers;

Designed for the academic researcher interested in the various issues surrounding mutual funds and for the practitioner interested in funds for investment purposes. This book traces the historical evolution of funds and presents different aspects of the Investment Company Act of 1940.

This text presents a carefully focused and understandable description of closed-end funds, exchange-traded funds, and hedge funds, highlighting the big, unresolved questions, while also including careful and fair accounts of the state of the literature.

National treatment and national sovereignty are preserved. national responsibility for (a) monetary policy, (b) prevention of unwarranted financial panics in domestically chartered institutions, whether foreign or domestically owned, and (c) supervision of all domestically chartered institutions, regardless of ownership.

Capital Markets, Globalization, and Economic Development consists of fourteen articles contributed by authors from Australia, Asia, Europe, South America, and the United States who provide a wide range of insights.

Closed-End Investment Companies (CEICs) were the dominant form of investment companies in the United States during the early part of this century, but interest in them declined after the 1929 stock market crash.

Historians of our financial system will record this as an age of deregulation and bank mergers. During the 1981-1986 period, there were 2,139 mergers in banking and finance, accounting for 16 percent of total merger activity.l More mergers occurred in banking and finance than in any other industry.

Closed-End Investment Companies (CEICs) have experienced a significant revival of interest, both as investment vehicles and as the subject of academic research, over the past decade.

Initial public offerings (IPOs) play a crucial role in allocating resources in market economies. Audience: Designed for use by anyone wishing to perform further academic research in the area of IPOs and by those practitioners interested in IPOs as investment vehicles.

Major challenges for life insurance companies have been posed by an unprecedented wave of mergers and acquisitions in the insurance industry and the emergence of non-traditional competitors such as banks, mutual fund companies and investment advisory firms.

Furthermore, if the effects of regulations on user costs are excluded, it is impossible to analyze monetary policy effects. 1.3 User Cost Derivation Chapter 3 discusses the construction of user costs. Those with a positive user cost, where expenditures per unit exceed revenues per unit, are inputs.

This book offers the newest knowledge related to relevant themes on the Asian economies as well as the latest concepts. The tightly written volume covers a great deal of ground and imparts knowledge on the Asian economy related themes to students, researchers and policy makers alike.