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As the global economy continues to weather the effects of the recession brought on by the financial crisis of 200708, perhaps no sector has been more affected and more under pressure to change than the industry that was the focus of that crisis: financial services.

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Developed-country capital markets have devised a set of institutions and actors to help provide investors with timely and accurate information that they need to make informed investment decisions. These actors have become known as financial gatekeepers and include auditors, financial analysts, and credit-rating agencies.

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While the immediate dangers from the recent financial crisis have abated much of the financial system has returned to profitability and the economy is growing, albeit slowly the damage to the economy will linger for years.

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New financial instruments such as structured financial products and exchange-traded funds and new financial institutions including hedge funds and private-equity funds present opportunities as well as policy and regulatory challenges in U.

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One of the first rules of investing is diversification: spreading resources over many types of investments in order to minimize financial risk. Mutual funds have been the diversification vehicle of choice for the last several decades.

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There is little dispute that the mortgage meltdown of 2007, created by irresponsible lending and lax oversight, helped lead to the global financial crisis.

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Focuses largely on developments within the United States and Japan but looks at those in other nations as well. This title examines two broad areas: the Japanese approach to regulating financial institutions and promoting financial stability and the US approach in light of the Dodd-Frank Act.