This special edition includes studies by the University of Malta, MSc Banking and Finance graduates and the respective lecturers, on financial services within particular countries or regions and studies of themes such as credit risk management, fund management and evaluation, forex hedging using derivatives and sovereign fixed income portfolios.
The financial crisis of 2007-08 and the Great Recession caused more widespread economic trauma than any event since the Great Depression. This title maintains that while each part of the financial services industry can play a useful role in revving up the US economic engine to full capacity.
The financial crisis has damaged consumer confidence in the financial services market of the European Union. Against this background, Rym Ayadi argues that European policymakers ought to rethink their approach to financial market integration in order to continue the construction of the internal market for retail financial services.
