Introduction -- Asia's development model -- Finance in Asia -- Challenges to development & finance -- Financial systems & practice -- Institutional foundations of finance -- Credit risk & commercial banking -- Investment banking & financial innovation -- Debt securities, derivatives & complex...

Asia's demand for second-generation financial institutions and markets needs to be met in order for the region's further development to be sustained. This book provides a compelling, fact-based assessment of current practices and regulations in Asia's financial institutions and markets and...