TY - BOOK AU - Gup, Benton E. TI - Banking and financial institutions: a guide for directors, investors, and counterparties SN - 9780470879474 AV - HG 2491 .G89 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - New Jersey PB - Wiley KW - BANKS AND BANKING N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Lessons learned from banking crises -- The economic role of financial intermediaries -- The Evolving legal environment -- Asset/liability management -- Hedging and risk management -- Commercial and industrial loans -- Real estate and consumer lending -- Bank capital : capital adequacy -- Evaluating bank performance -- Payments systems -- Other financial services -- A guide to Islamic banking -- The view from the top : recommendations from a superintendent of banks N2 - Simply stated, the way that banks and financial institutions operate is changing. This book examines how they operate in the context of these and other changes ER -