Barbara Casu & David (Stirling Management School, University of Stirling, UK) McMillan 
Contemporary Issues in Financial Institutions and Markets 
Volume I

This book brings together academic work on contemporary issues in financial institutions and markets. The general theme is designed to allow for a wide range of topics, covering the diverse nature of academic enquiry in banking and finance. The contributions thus address a broad spectrum of contemporary issues including bank diversification and securitization activities; bank regulatory reforms and competition; the performance of mutual funds and alternative asset classes; role of liquidity in price discovery for credit derivatives; and the existence of the compass rose pattern within option contracts market.

This book was originally published as a special issue of The European Journal of Finance.