Description

About the Book

Financial services are an important component in the economy of any country. Such services include leasing, hire purchase, bills discounting, factoring, forfaiting, securitisation of assets, venture capital financing, merchant banking etc. This book is written to provide the basic understanding of various financial services offered by the financial institutions. The readers shall be able to understand the nature, process, parties involved and pros and cons of each type of financial service to the service providers and seekers.The entire book is divided in to nine chapters which cover the above-mentioned key financial services along with credit rating services and custodial and depository services. I hope that the book shall be useful to the students of finance, commerce and economics in developing a thorough understanding of the financial services covered in this book.

About the Author

Dr. Krishna Murari (MBA, UGC NET(JRF) &PhD)is currently working as anAssociate Professor and Head of the Department of Management, Sikkim University (A Central University), Gangtok. He is an alumnus of Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. and actively engaged in teaching and research activities. Dr. Murari has published more than 30 research papers in the international and national journals of repute. He has more than 15 years of teaching experience at Doctoral & PG level in the university set up. Having his personal interest in research in social sciences, Dr. Murari has been invited as resource person at various places to deliver lectures on research methodology & data analysis using statistical softwares. His areas of interest include Corporate Finance, Financial System, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, Statistical Analysis, Financial Econometrics and Banking.