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BANKING TECHNIQUE AND FINANCE
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ICCUniform Rules for
Demand Guarantees
These useful rules
apply, not only to simple demand guarantees or to those requiring the
presentation of a judgment or arbitral award, but also to intermediate
guarantees, such as those requiring a statement of default by the beneficiary.
Lucid and precise, these rules are set to secure uniform practice in the
requirements for guarantees.
ISBN 92.842.1094.1 (E)
/ 92.842.2094.7 (F)
21 x 10 cm, 20 pages
N° 458
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Managing Interest Rate
Risk
by Nick Douch
This guide looks at
what factors may change interest rates and then goes on to examine how
these changes can in themselves affect the economic and business
environment. The publication sets out a simple model which any company or
businessman can adapt to their own needs; it covers the setting of
objectives in interest rate management and how this should be linked to a
firm's other objectives and then looks in-depth at the types of interest
rate exposure a company may face. A practical book packed with examples,
many based on real-life incidents.
Contents:
- What determines the level
of interest rates
- The role of governments in
setting interest rates
- The Yield Curve
- Forecasting interest
rates
- Objective setting
- Establishing an Interest
Rate Management Policy
- Identifying Interest Rate
Exposures
- the Nature of Interest Rate
Risk
- Internal ways of Reducing
Interest Rate Risk
- External Techniques (Type I
Methods)
- External Techniques (Type
II Methods)
- How Should Interest Rate
Hedging Transactions be Accounted For?
- Tax Issues
- Establishing an Appropriate
Measurement System ISBN
92.842.1229.6
16 x 24 cm N° 572
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Investing and Trading
in Emerging Markets
Nick Douch
Written by an emerging
market strategist and risk adviser, this practical book highlights the
risks and reveals the opportunities to be had in investing in emerging
markets. With an emphasis on maintaining a structured approach, the author
looks at investors' motivation; explains the importance of exchange rate
regimes and generally examines the exposures faced by companies importing
and exporting to emerging markets, explaining how the risks that these
exposures cause can be reduced or how their negative effects can be
protected against. An invaluable primer that will be returned to again and again
as new opportunities or risks present themselves.
ISBN 92.842.1240.5
16 x 24 cm N° 582
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ISP
98 - booklet format
Endorsed by
UNCITRAL
The 89 Rules in
International Standby Practices (ISP98) offer a precise and detailed framework
for practitioners dealing with standby letters of credit. Written
exclusively for standbys, ISP98 will reduce costs and time of drafting
limit problems in handling and avoid countless disputes and unnecessary
litigation that have resulted from the absence of internationally agreed
rules on standbys.
Contents:
FOREWORD
by Maria Livanos Cattaui,
Secretary General of ICC/
PREFACE by Professor
James E.Byrne, James G.Barnes and Gary W.Collyer/
PROLOGUE by Dr.Gerold
Hermann, Secretary of UNCITRAL
RULE 1 - General
Provisions
RULE 2 -
Obligations
RULE 3 -
Presentation
RULE 4 -
Examination
RULE 5 - Notice,
Preclusion, Disposition of documents
RULE 6 - Transfer,
Assignment, Transfer by operation of law
RULE 7 -
Cancellation
RULE 8 - Reimbursement
Obligations
RULE 9 - Timing
RULE 10 -
Syndication/Participation
INDEX
ISBN
92.842.1247.2
10 x 21 cm N° 590
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Bills
of Exchange (third edition)
Dr Jur. Uwe Jahn
Now in its third edition,
the fully revised publication of Bills of Exchange has been expanded to
cover legislation in Europe, Asia and Oceana. Designed for easy reference,
this clear text provides a comprehensive comparison of bills of exchange
law in 67 countries and offers practical information on everyday problems
and how to overcome conflicts in national laws.
Dr jur. Uwe Jahn is an
acknowledged expert in the field and author of a number of books on
international commercial law.
Contents:
The present text
describes the fundamentals of the Geneva Uniform Law on Bills of Exchange
and Promissory Notes, then shows the major differences among the laws of
European and Asian states which have ratified or adopted the Geneva system,
as well as the differences between the common law countries. For the first
time, Bills of Exchange Vol. III also includes an English translation of
the new Chinese Law on Negotiable Instruments, as well as a bibliography
with references to international publications in the field. There is also important
information on the euro and how it impacts on bills of exchange.
ISBN
92.842.1250.2
16 x 24 cm, 192
pages
N° 593
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User's
Guide to ICC Uniform Rules on Demand Guarantees
No.631 - Summer
2001
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Trade
Finance in Emerging Markets
By MichaelRowe
Published by Euromoney
Books, distributed by ICC Publishing. A unique and invaluable guide to the
intricacies and techniques involved to successfully complete a transaction
in rapidly developing markets. The book concentrates particularly on
eastern and southern Asia and eastern Europe, where trading volumes and
values have for the last few years outstripped general economic growth. It
contains detailed coverage of payment techniques, financing procedures,
financing bodies, guarantees and risk management.
Contents:
- Overview
- Payment Techniques
- Financing
- Complex Procedures
- Guarantees, Credit
Insurance & Risk Management
- Supranational Financing
Bodies
ISBN
1.85564.387.1
24 x 20 cm, 260
pages
N° 934
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UCP500 & ISP98
Compared
Professor James E.
Byrne
Published by the
Institute of International Business Law and Practice and distributed by ICC
Publishing
This book is the
essential companion to the Official Commentary on the International
Stand-by Practices. If you are familiar with the UCP, this book is the
fastest way to understand the differences between the ISP and the
UCP.
Containing the text of
both ISP98 and UCP 500, this book is written in an easy-to-understand
format and provides an in-depth analysis of the differences between the ISP
and the UCP. Written from both perspectives - ISP to UCP and UCP to ISP -
and completely indexed, it provides the reader with valuable insights into
the rules and their implications for standby practice.
For ease of reference,
each rule's analysis contains the relevant text of the ISP98 rule and the
corresponding text of the UCP article, a summary of the differences, and a
comprehensive analysis of those differences.
As a reference tool,
this book is without parallel.
N° 950
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