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Part 1 - introduction: Lenders and borrowers; financial institutions;financial markets; the financial system and the real economy; summary.Part 2 - financial institutions and systems. An introduction tofinancial systems; classification of financial systems; banks anddeposit-taking institutions: insurance companies and pension funds;non-deposit taking institutions: mutual funds; summary; the UKfinancial system; introduction; banks in the UK; building societies inthe UK; insurance companies; pension funds; unit trusts; investmenttrusts; summary; the US financial system; introduction; deposit-takinginstitutions in the USA; the federal reserve system; non-depositoryinstitutions in the USA; summary; the German financial system;introduction; banks and other deposit-taking institutions; non-depositinstitutions; the use of bond and equity markets in Germany; summary;the French and Italian systems; the French banking system; specialistand non-deposit institutions; the French and Italian systems;introduction; the French banking system; specialist and non-depositinstitutions; financial markets in France; the development of theItalian financial system; the current position of the Italian financialsystem; summary; finacial systems in Northern Europe; banking systemsin Nordic countries.