Chapter One Money 1
1 What Is Money? 1
2 Development of Money 2
3 Desirable Properties of Money 5
4 Functions of Money 6
5 Measuring Money 7
6 Motives for Holding Money 9
Chapter Two An Overview of the Financial Industry in China 12
1 Banking Sector 12
2 Securities Sector 19
3 Insurance Innovation and Prospect of Insurance 22
Chapter Three Central Banking and Supervision of Financial Institutions 26
1 Origin of Central Bank 26
2 Functions of a Central Bank 27
3 The Federal Reserve System 29
4 Three Tools for Central Banking(Taking the Fed as an Example) 32
5 Banking Supervision 38
6 Securities Supervision 58
7 Insurance Supervision 60
Chapter Four Overview of Commercial Banks 65
1 Direct Finance and Indirect Finance 65
2 Major Functions of Commercial Banks 71
3 Assets and Liabilities of a Commercial Bank 73
4 Off-Balance-Sheet Activities 76
5 Theories of Bank Management 78
Chapter Five Bank Loans 99
1 Definition and Categories of Loans 99
2 The Credit Process 108
3 Post-Disbursement Management 123
Chapter Six International Payment 131
1 Survey of International Payment 131
2 Instruments for International Settlement 135
3 Methods of International Settlement 140
4 Documents Used in International Settlement 154
Chapter Seven Bank Accounting 156
1 What Is Accounting? 156
2 Accounting Basis 157
3 Accounting Controls 158
4 The Chart of Accounts of a Bank 158
5 Account Reconciliation 160
6 Types of Income and Expenditure of a Bank 161
7 Assets and Liabilities of a Bank 164
8 Bad and Doubtful Debts 167
9 Foreign Exchange Transactions 168
10 The Cash Flows of a Bank 172
Chapter Eight Securities and Financial Markets 177
1 Major Characteristics of Securities 177
2 Money Market 182
3 Capital Market 188
4 Internationalization of Financial Markets 192
Chapter Nine Foreign Exchange 195
1 Foreign Exchange and Its Market 195
2 Foreign Exchange Rate 198
3 Exchange Rate System 201
4 Exchange Controls 203
5 Foreign Exchange Risk 205
6 Overview of Chinese Foreign Exchange System 206
7 Types of Transaction in Foreign Exchange Market 212
Chapter Ten Insurance 217
1 Insurance and Risks 217
2 Mathematic Basis of Insurance 219
3 Principles of Insurance 220
4 Insurance Contracts 222
5 Types of Insurance 223
6 Entities in Insurance Market 229
7 Insurance Management Practice 234
Chapter Eleven Bank Letters and Telecommunications 240
1 Bank Letters 240
2 Telex 250
3 SWIFT 255
4 Memos 259
5 E-mail 261
Bibliography 264