This second edition of Fundamentals of Finance revises and updates the highly successful first edition, providing a practical overview of contemporary finance from an Australasian perspective. It helps students understand the operations of the financial system within the context and environment in which financial decisions are made. The fundamental tools, techniques and concepts used in finance are introduced and are then applied to three major sectors of finance: financial institutions and markets, personal finance and financial management. The book is suitable as a foundation for further finance study, or as a stand-alone introduction to finance.

Table of Contents

Contents include: Part 1 : Tools, techniques and concepts used in finance -- Part 2: Financial markets and the institutions that operate within them -- Part 3: Short- and long-term financial planning activities of an individual -- Part 4: Business organisations - how they are managed and financed, including short- and long-term financial management.