Financial Intermediation in the 21st Century - by Z Mikdashi (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

The increasing interdependence of the world economy has huge implications for global finance in the twenty-first century. This volume brings together leading scholars and practitioners to offer in-depth analyses of the new direction open to the financial services industry. They explore the challenges and opportunities of the new finance era, future development in financial markets, with particular emphasis on the role of new technologies and the industry's view of strengthening financial intermediation. The book concludes with an assessment of key managerial and regulatory issues.

Review Quotes

'The book provides an excellent treatment of the competitive forces faced by financial intermediaries at the outset of the 21st century, as well as the challenges they involve and the opportunities they entail. [...] I would definitely recommend this book to a wide array of readers: finance professionals, policy and decision-makers, students, and more generally, to anyone interested in the future of financial systems and in financial intermediation, in particular.' - Thunderbird International Business Review

'I would definitely recommend this book to a wide array of readers: finance professionals, policy and decision makers, students, and more generally, to anyone interested in the future of financial systems and in financial intermediation, in particular.' - Francois-Serge Lhabiitant, ThunderBird International Business Review

About the Author

KPATE ADJAOUTE Senior Quantitative Analyst, Morgan Stanley Capital International ROLF-E. BREUER Chief Executive Officer, Deutsche Bank, AG ROBERT BICHSEL Economist, Swiss Bank International DIDIER COSSIN Full Professor of Finance, Ecole des HEC, Lausanne University ANDREW CROCKETT General Manager, Bank for International Settlements JEAN-PIERRE DANTHINE Professor of Economics, Ecole des HEC, Lausanne University PHILIPPE F. DELHAISE former President, BankWatch, Asia JOHN G. HEIMANN Chairman, Financial Stability Institute, Bank of International Settlements BÉNÉDICT HENTSCH Managing Partner, Darier Hentsch & Cie WILLIAM C. HUNTER Senior Vice President and Director of Research, Federal Reserve Bank, Chicago ANTOINETTE HUNZIKER-EBNETER Chief Executive Office, Swiss Exchange SWX BARON JAN HUYGHEBAERT Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Almanij-Kredietbank Group MATTHIAS LECLERC Head of E-Commence Investment Banking, Dresdner Kleinwort LIKAS MÜHLEMANN Chief Executive Office, Credit Suisse Group, Zurich ALY M. NEGM Chairman and Managing Director, Delta Bank International, Egypt GARY L. PERLIN Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, The World Bank Group JAN ROXENDAL Executive Vice President, ABB Ltd and Member of the ABB Group Executive Committee PRAKASH SHIMPI Managing Principal (US) for Swiss Re New Markets LARS H. THUNELL President and Chief Executive Officer, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken DIRK P. TIREZ President, Market Authority of EASDAQ NILSTUCHSCHMID Director of Synchrony Asset Management ALEC TSUI Chief Executive, Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited MIKIO WAKATSUKI Chairman of the Board of Counsellors, The Japan Research Institute, Ltd.