India's financial markets an insider's guide to how the markets work

The whole world wants to invest in India. But how to do this successfully? Written by two Indian financial experts with a seasoned expert of the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, this book tells you the why and how of investing in India. It explains how India's financial markets work, discusses the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shah, Ajay (-)
Other Authors: Thomas, Susan, Dr, Gorham, Michael
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier c2008.
Edition:1st edition
Series:Elsevier and IIT Stuart Center for Financial Markets press (Series)
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627819706719
Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover; India's Financial Markets; Copyright Page; Dedications; Table of Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter 1. The Economy; 1.1 Overall Growth Experience; 1.2 Understanding India's Post-Independence Trajectory; 1.3 Interpreting the Growth Experience; 1.4 Trends and Volatility in GDP Growth; 1.5 Conclusions; Chapter 2. The Firms; 2.1 The CMIE Database; 2.2 The Large Nonfinancial Firms of India; 2.3 Role of Equity Financing; 2.4 Regulation of Firms; Chapter 3. Private Equity and the IPO Market; 3.1 Private Equity Investment; 3.2 The IPO Market; Chapter 4. The Public Equity Market
  • 4.1 Products, Venues, Market Design4.2 Liquidity; 4.3 Derivatives; 4.4 Risk and Return; 4.5 Role of Indian Equity in Global Portfolios; Chapter 5. Government Bonds; 5.1 Products in the Government Debt Market; 5.2 Markets; 5.3 Regulation and Market Access; 5.4 Elusive Liquidity; Chapter 6. Corporate Bonds; 6.1 The Products; 6.2 Markets; 6.3 Secondary Market Trading; 6.4 Regulation and Next Steps Forward; Chapter 7. Commodity Futures Markets; 7.1 A Little History; 7.2 Products in the Commodity Derivatives Markets; 7.3 Markets; 7.4 Market Outcomes; 7.5 Regulation and Legal Framework
  • Chapter 8. Real Estate8.1 Price Trends in Real Estate; 8.2 Accuracy of Prices; 8.3 Property Development; 8.4 Segments of the Overall Real Estate Market; 8.5 Investors; 8.6 Title and Transparency in Indian Real Estate; 8.7 The Sensitive Issue of Corruption; 8.8 Conclusion; Chapter 9. The Rupee; 9.1 Market Description; 9.2 Going Under the Hood; 9.3 A De Facto Pegged Exchange Rate to the US Dollar; 9.4 Difficulties of Implementing the Pegged Exchange Rate; 9.5 Four Phases in INR/USD Volatility; 9.6 Conclusion; Chapter 10. Financial Firms; 10.1 A Bird's Eye View
  • 10.2 The Nature of the Financial Firm in India10.3 Infrastructure; 10.4 Transaction-Oriented Firms; 10.5 Banks; 10.6 Insurance Companies; 10.7 Pensions; 10.8 Mutual Funds; 10.9 Foreign Institutional Investors; 10.10 Private Equity Funds; 10.11 The Fundamental Difficulties of Fund Management; Chapter 11. Policy Issues; 11.1 The State of Indian Finance; 11.2 Reform; 11.3 The Agenda at SEBI; 11.4 Conclusion; Chapter 12. What Can Global Financial Firms Do with India?; 12.1 Portfolio Investment; 12.2 Private Equity; 12.3 FDI; 12.4 The Mauritius Route
  • 12.5 India-Related Financial Business Outside IndiaAppendix A. Sources; Appendix B. Abbreviations; Appendix C. Interpreting Those Strange Indian Numbers; Bibliography; Index