Finance and Financial Markets

Finance can be understood as the management of money by undertaking activities such as investing, borrowing, lending, budgeting and saving. The three broad branches of business finance are corporate finance, investments, and financial markets and institutions. Financial markets allow the flow of money in the form of investments and financial instruments. Capital, commodity, money, derivative and foreign exchange markets are some of the important types of financial markets. They help in enhancing income, capital formation, price determination, and promoting savings and investment, leading to balanced economic growth. These markets are facilitated by financial services and investment management which are termed as money management for individuals and asset management for institutions. This book provides significant information of this discipline to help develop a good understanding of financial markets and related fields. It will also provide interesting topics for research which interested readers can take up. This book will help the readers in keeping pace with the rapid changes in this field.