This is the first book to cover the current regulatory, legal and governance issues associated with managing records in global banking and finance businesses. Jeffrey Ritter, the founder of the online research and learning platform; The Ritter Academy, said, 'Records and information are the living history of how a financial institution steers its course in a brutally competitive market. This outstanding volume has achieved something important: the editors deliver a resource that provides reliable and trustworthy navigation through the diverse challenges of global banking and financial services and the rigour of specific national rules. Balanced, thorough, accessible - an essential tool for any professional.'
Written by a team of international experts from business and academia, the book offers strategies and examples of best practice to meet the recordkeeping challenges faced by corporate and commercial banking enterprises operating in global capital markets. The examples and cases studies encompass recordkeeping in investment banking, asset management, brokerage and other financial services which serve global markets
The key chapters cover:
- setting the scene: background and concepts
- regulatory and legal compliance
- common trends in financial services: balancing risk and return
- litigation-related issues
- recordkeeping approaches.
Randolph A. Khan, the award-winning author of Information Nation, said, 'Managing Records in Global Financial Markets is a great resource chock-full of useful information'. This book will be essential reading for records managers, archivists and information professionals who manage records in the financial sector. It will also be invaluable for individuals engaged in a wide range of disciplines who rely on records to meet the increasing number of legal and regulatory obligations to which institutions engaged in global banking and finance are now subject. These include: compliance professionals, data protection officers, governance professionals, regulators and risk managers, senior managers and directors, chief operating officers and IT specialists.
Managing Records in Global Financial Markets (August 2011; 256pp; paperback; 978-1-85604-663-3; £59.95) is published by Facet Publishing. It is available from Bookpoint Ltd, Mail Order Dept, 39 Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4TD | Tel: +44 (0)1235 827702 | Fax: +44 (0)1235 827703 | Email: facet@bookpoint.co.uk | Web: www.facetpublishing.co.uk. The book is available in the US and Canada from Neal-Schuman Publishers www.neal-schuman.com
