This best‎-selling Dictionary of Finance and Banking includes over 5‎,‎200 entries‎.‎ The fifth edition has been fully revised and updated‎,‎ and adds more than 150 new entries‎.‎ These focus particularly upon recent terminology‎,‎ institutions‎,‎ and safety measures coined or introduced since the economic crash of 2008‎-9‎,‎ including reactions to the crisis such as the Asset Protection Scheme and the Financial Stability Oversight Council‎.‎ The dictionary defines terms from all aspects of personal and international finance‎,‎ including money markets‎,‎ private investments and borrowing‎,‎ central banking‎,‎ foreign exchanges‎,‎ monetary policy‎,‎ and public and government finance‎.‎ Now with expanded coverage of capital structure and corporate restructuring‎.‎ Recommended up‎-to‎-date web links for many entries‎,‎ accessed via the Dictionary of Finance and Banking website‎,‎ provide valuable extra information‎.‎ With clear and accessible definitions‎,‎ this jargon‎-free dictionary is a companion volume to the other financial titles in this best‎-selling series‎,‎ A Dictionary of Business and Management‎,‎ A Dictionary of Accounting‎,‎ and A Dictionary of Economics‎,‎ and provides accurate and valuable information for students‎,‎ practitioners‎,‎ private investors‎,‎ and readers of the financial pages alike‎.‎