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Market_Desc: · Students of Banking· Financial service professionals· Investors Special Features: · The book has up-to-date coverage of latest banking developments including expanded coverage of GLB Act and Basle Capital Accord· Problems and examples are used whenever possible to illustrate bank management concepts. Readers gain hands-on experience through these realistic problems and situations· Boxed features highlight the risk management theme and focus on techniques, companies, and situations that illustrate important concepts About The Book: Emphasizing risk management, this book provides a comprehensive, practical introduction to bank management. The book provides information about what banks are, the functions they perform, and the major laws that have shaped our financial structure in the past and in the future. It also includes chapters on factors that affect the value of a bank and techniques for managing that value including the use of financial derivatives. The principal lending activities to businesses and individuals are also discussed, followed by a detailed look at bank capital and bank liabilities.