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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Main Authors: Shah, Ajay. (Author)
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology.
Group Author: Thomas, Susan, Dr.; Gorham, Michael
Published: Elsevier,
Publisher Address: Amsterdam ; Boston :
Publication Dates: 2008.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: The Elsevier and IIT Stuart Center for Financial Markets press
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780123742513
Summary: 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 amazing growth of the Indian economy, identifies growth drivers, uncovers areas of uncertainty and risk. It describes how each market works: private equity and IPOs, bonds, stocks, derivatives, commodities, real estate, currency. The authors include a discussion of capital controls in each section to address the needs of foreign investors. Learn about the the markets, the instruments, the participants, and the institutions governing trading, clearing, and settlement of transactions, as well as the legal and regulatory framework governing financial securities transactions. --Written by two life-long insiders who can explain India's financial markets to outsiders --Clear and comprehensive coverage of this economic powerhouse --Caters to the needs of foreign investors.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xvi, 241 pages) : color illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-230) and index.
ISBN: 9780080559940
0080559948
012374251X
9780123742513
Index Number: HG187
CLC: F833.513
Contents: Foreword -- Preface -- The Economy -- The Firms -- Private Equity and the IPO Market -- The Public Equity Market -- Government Bonds -- Corporate Bonds -- Commodity Futures Markets -- Real Estate -- The Rupee -- Financial Firms -- Policy Issues -- What Can Global Financial Firms Do with India? -- Appendix A. Sources -- Appendix B. Abbreviations -- Appendix C. Interpreting Those Strange Indian -- Numbers -- Bibliography -- Index.