This textbook provides comprehensive coverage of international finance from policy, regulatory, and transactional perspectives.

It is organized in five parts. Part One deals with the international aspects of banking and securities markets in major financial centers. It covers the global financial crisis of 2007-2009 and the 2010 Eurozone crisis, systemic risk, and macroprudential regulation. Part Two considers the infrastructure of global financial markets, including payment, clearing and settlement systems, foreign exchange regimes, and international coordination of capital requirements. Part Three deals with major market instruments, including securitization and derivatives contracts, and the regulation of money managers. Part Four covers topics of special relevance for the emerging markets, such as project finance and sovereign debt. A full chapter is devoted to China's financial reforms and its evolving role in the international financial architecture. Part Five addresses the challenge of controlling the financing of terrorism.