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Description

Table of contents

Biographical note

This book is for undergraduate students of commerce and management. It provides a contemporary foundation to the subject of Financial Services

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface
Dedication Page
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Financial Services
- Financial Services—Concept
- Financial Services—Objectives/Functions
- Financial Services—Characteristics
- Financial Services Market—Concept
- Financial Services Market—Constituents
- Growth of Financial Services in India
- Financial Services Sector—Problems
- Review Questions
Chapter 2 Financial Services Environment
- The Forces
- Players in Financial Markets
- Interest Rate Determination
- Macroeconomic Aggregates in India
- Review Questions
Chapter 3 Merchant Banking
- Definition
- Functions
- Merchant Bankers’ Code of Conduct
- Reveiw Questions
Chapter 4 Public Issue Management
- Concept
- Functions
- Categories of Securities Issue
- Mechanics of Public Issue Management
- Issue Manager
- Role of Issue Manager
- Activities involved in Public Issue Management
- Marketing of Issue
- Public Issue Proposal—Factors
- Pricing of Issues
- Law Relating to Issue Management
- Review Questions
Chapter 5 New Issues Market (NIM)
- NIM and Secondary Markets—An Interface
- Services of NIM
- NIM Vs. Secondary Market
- Methods of Marketing Securities
- Review Questions
Chapter 6 Underwriting of Securities
- Definition
- Types
- Underwriter
- Underwriting Agreement
- Benefits/Functions
- Mechanics of Underwriting
- Indian Scenario
- Underwriting Agencies
- Obstacles
- SEBI Guidelines
- Variants of Underwriting
- Review Questions
Chapter 7 Capital Market
- Definition
- Money Market
- Characteristics
- Functions
- Indian Capital Market—Evolution and Growth
- Constituents of Indian Capital Market
- New Financial Institutions
- New Financial Instruments
- Measures of Reactivation
- Measures of Investor Protection
- Recent Initiatives in the Indian Capital Market
- Rebound in Indian Capital Market
- Review Questions
Chapter 8 Stock Exchange
- History of Stock Exchanges
- Meaning
- Definition
- Functions/Services/Features/Role
- Stock Exchange and Commodity Exchange Distinguished
- Stock Exchange Traders
- Weaknesses
- Regulation of Stock Exchanges
- Steps in Stock Trading
- Mechanics of Settlement
- Depository
- Stock Trading System
- Specialists
- Recent Developments
- Review Questions
Chapter 9 SEBI—Functions and Working
- Genesis
- Features of the SEBI Bill
- Objectives
- Management
- Powers and Functions
- Regulatory Role
- Role and Relevance
- Global Outlook
- Review Questions
Chapter 10 Leasing
- Definition
- Characteristics of Lease
- Types of Lease
- Financial Lease Vs. Operating Lease
- Test for Financial Lease
- Myths About Leasing
- Participants
- Leasing Process
- Services of Lessor
- Advantages of Leasing
- Limitations of Lease Financing
- Review Questions
Chapter 11 Accounting for Lease
- Lease
- Accounting and Reporting for Financial Lease—Books of the Lessor
- Accounting and Reporting for Financial Lease—Books of the Lessee
- Accounting and Reporting for Operating Lease—Books of the Lessor
- Review Questions
Chapter 12 Hire Purchase
- Definition
- Rights of Hirer
- Rate of Interest
- Lease Financing Vs. Hire Purchase Financing
- Accounting for Hire Purchase
- Methods of Interest Calculation
- Method of Reporting
- Lease Vs. Hire Purchase Evaluation
- Review Questions
Chapter 13 Factoring
- Meaning
- Definition
- Mechanism
- Characteristics
- Factoring and Off-balance Sheet Financing
- Types of Factoring
- Advantages of Factoring
- Disadvantages of Factoring
- Factoring—Players
- Functions of a Factor
- Factoring Cost
- Line of Credit—Methods
- Factoring Vs. Bills Discounting
- RBI Guidelines for Factoring
- Factoring—Indian Scenario
- Major Factoring Firms
- Operational Profile of Indian Factoring
- Operational Problems in Indian Factoring
- Review Questions
Chapter 14 Consumer Finance
- Definition
- Types
- Mechanics of Consumer Financing
- Sources of Consumer Finance
- Modes of Consumer Finance
- Demand for Consumer Finance—Factors
- Consumer Financing—Practice in India
- Pricing of Consumer Finance
- Marketing Consumer Finance
- Consumer Finance Insurance
- Consumer Credit Scoring
- Case for Consumer Finance
- Case Against Consumer Finance
- Boom in Consumer Financing
- Hire Purchase System (HPS)
- Instalment Credit System (ICS)
- Review Questions
Chapter 15 Venture Capital
- Meaning
- Definition
- Rationale
- Features
- Methods of Evaluation
- Origin and Growth of Venture Capital
- Venture Capital and Other Funds
- Stages of Venture Capital Financing
- Analyzing Venture Capital Proposals—Criteria
- Buy-outs
- Financial Sources
- Investment Nurturing
- Styles of Venture Financing
- Nurturing Methods
- Compensation
- Forms of Organization
- Exit Mechanism
- Review Questions
Chapter 16 Mutual Funds
- Definition
- Products/Schemes
- Mechanics of Mutual Funds Operations
- Mutual Funds in India
- Managing Mutual Funds in India
- SEBI Requirements of AMC
- Functions of AMC
- Working Mechanism of AMC
- Portfolio Management Process in Mutual Funds
- Operational Efficiency of Mutual Funds
- Evaluating Mutual Funds
- Mutual Fund Holders’ Account
- Causes for Poor Performance of Mutual Funds
- Review Questions
Chapter 17 Credit Rating
- Impetus
- Origin
- Definition
- Features
- Advantages
- Credit Rating System—Growth Factors
- Global Credit Rating Agencies
- Domestic Credit Rating Agencies
- Credit Rating Symbols
- CRISIL Ratings for Short-term Instruments
- Credit Rating Process
- Rating Framework—Major Factors
- Equity Grading
- Review Questions
Previous Years University Question Papers
Index

Dr. Gurusamy is currently Professor and Head, Department of Commerce, University of Madras, Chennai.

Description

This book is for undergraduate students of commerce and management. It provides a contemporary foundation to the subject of Financial Services

Table of contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Preface
Dedication Page
Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction to Financial Services
- Financial Services—Concept
- Financial Services—Objectives/Functions
- Financial Services—Characteristics
- Financial Services Market—Concept
- Financial Services Market—Constituents
- Growth of Financial Services in India
- Financial Services Sector—Problems
- Review Questions
Chapter 2 Financial Services Environment
- The Forces
- Players in Financial Markets
- Interest Rate Determination
- Macroeconomic Aggregates in India
- Review Questions
Chapter 3 Merchant Banking
- Definition
- Functions
- Merchant Bankers’ Code of Conduct
- Reveiw Questions
Chapter 4 Public Issue Management
- Concept
- Functions
- Categories of Securities Issue
- Mechanics of Public Issue Management
- Issue Manager
- Role of Issue Manager
- Activities involved in Public Issue Management
- Marketing of Issue
- Public Issue Proposal—Factors
- Pricing of Issues
- Law Relating to Issue Management
- Review Questions
Chapter 5 New Issues Market (NIM)
- NIM and Secondary Markets—An Interface
- Services of NIM
- NIM Vs. Secondary Market
- Methods of Marketing Securities
- Review Questions
Chapter 6 Underwriting of Securities
- Definition
- Types
- Underwriter
- Underwriting Agreement
- Benefits/Functions
- Mechanics of Underwriting
- Indian Scenario
- Underwriting Agencies
- Obstacles
- SEBI Guidelines
- Variants of Underwriting
- Review Questions
Chapter 7 Capital Market
- Definition
- Money Market
- Characteristics
- Functions
- Indian Capital Market—Evolution and Growth
- Constituents of Indian Capital Market
- New Financial Institutions
- New Financial Instruments
- Measures of Reactivation
- Measures of Investor Protection
- Recent Initiatives in the Indian Capital Market
- Rebound in Indian Capital Market
- Review Questions
Chapter 8 Stock Exchange
- History of Stock Exchanges
- Meaning
- Definition
- Functions/Services/Features/Role
- Stock Exchange and Commodity Exchange Distinguished
- Stock Exchange Traders
- Weaknesses
- Regulation of Stock Exchanges
- Steps in Stock Trading
- Mechanics of Settlement
- Depository
- Stock Trading System
- Specialists
- Recent Developments
- Review Questions
Chapter 9 SEBI—Functions and Working
- Genesis
- Features of the SEBI Bill
- Objectives
- Management
- Powers and Functions
- Regulatory Role
- Role and Relevance
- Global Outlook
- Review Questions
Chapter 10 Leasing
- Definition
- Characteristics of Lease
- Types of Lease
- Financial Lease Vs. Operating Lease
- Test for Financial Lease
- Myths About Leasing
- Participants
- Leasing Process
- Services of Lessor
- Advantages of Leasing
- Limitations of Lease Financing
- Review Questions
Chapter 11 Accounting for Lease
- Lease
- Accounting and Reporting for Financial Lease—Books of the Lessor
- Accounting and Reporting for Financial Lease—Books of the Lessee
- Accounting and Reporting for Operating Lease—Books of the Lessor
- Review Questions
Chapter 12 Hire Purchase
- Definition
- Rights of Hirer
- Rate of Interest
- Lease Financing Vs. Hire Purchase Financing
- Accounting for Hire Purchase
- Methods of Interest Calculation
- Method of Reporting
- Lease Vs. Hire Purchase Evaluation
- Review Questions
Chapter 13 Factoring
- Meaning
- Definition
- Mechanism
- Characteristics
- Factoring and Off-balance Sheet Financing
- Types of Factoring
- Advantages of Factoring
- Disadvantages of Factoring
- Factoring—Players
- Functions of a Factor
- Factoring Cost
- Line of Credit—Methods
- Factoring Vs. Bills Discounting
- RBI Guidelines for Factoring
- Factoring—Indian Scenario
- Major Factoring Firms
- Operational Profile of Indian Factoring
- Operational Problems in Indian Factoring
- Review Questions
Chapter 14 Consumer Finance
- Definition
- Types
- Mechanics of Consumer Financing
- Sources of Consumer Finance
- Modes of Consumer Finance
- Demand for Consumer Finance—Factors
- Consumer Financing—Practice in India
- Pricing of Consumer Finance
- Marketing Consumer Finance
- Consumer Finance Insurance
- Consumer Credit Scoring
- Case for Consumer Finance
- Case Against Consumer Finance
- Boom in Consumer Financing
- Hire Purchase System (HPS)
- Instalment Credit System (ICS)
- Review Questions
Chapter 15 Venture Capital
- Meaning
- Definition
- Rationale
- Features
- Methods of Evaluation
- Origin and Growth of Venture Capital
- Venture Capital and Other Funds
- Stages of Venture Capital Financing
- Analyzing Venture Capital Proposals—Criteria
- Buy-outs
- Financial Sources
- Investment Nurturing
- Styles of Venture Financing
- Nurturing Methods
- Compensation
- Forms of Organization
- Exit Mechanism
- Review Questions
Chapter 16 Mutual Funds
- Definition
- Products/Schemes
- Mechanics of Mutual Funds Operations
- Mutual Funds in India
- Managing Mutual Funds in India
- SEBI Requirements of AMC
- Functions of AMC
- Working Mechanism of AMC
- Portfolio Management Process in Mutual Funds
- Operational Efficiency of Mutual Funds
- Evaluating Mutual Funds
- Mutual Fund Holders’ Account
- Causes for Poor Performance of Mutual Funds
- Review Questions
Chapter 17 Credit Rating
- Impetus
- Origin
- Definition
- Features
- Advantages
- Credit Rating System—Growth Factors
- Global Credit Rating Agencies
- Domestic Credit Rating Agencies
- Credit Rating Symbols
- CRISIL Ratings for Short-term Instruments
- Credit Rating Process
- Rating Framework—Major Factors
- Equity Grading
- Review Questions
Previous Years University Question Papers
Index

Biographical note

Dr. Gurusamy is currently Professor and Head, Department of Commerce, University of Madras, Chennai.

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