Routledge Handbook of Banking and Finance in Asia
by Ulrich Volz (Editor), Peter J. Morgan (Editor), Naoyuki Yoshino (Editor)

About the Author
Ulrich Volz is Head of the Department of Economics and Reader in Economics at SOAS University of London, UK, and Senior Research Fellow at the German Development Institute, Germany.
Peter J. Morgan is Senior Consulting Econo-mist and Co-chair of Research at the Asian Development Bank Institute, Japan.
Naoyuki Yoshino is Dean and CEO of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Emeritus Professor of Economics at Keio University, Japan.

About this book
The Routledge Handbook of Banking and Finance in Asia brings together leading scholars, policymakers, and practitioners to provide a comprehensive and cutting-edge guide to Asia’s financial institutions, markets, and systems.
Part I provides a country-by-country overview of banking and finance in East, Southeast, and South Asia, including examples from China, Japan, Hong Kong, India, and Singapore.
Part II contains thematic chapters, covering topics such as commercial banking, development banking, infrastructure finance, stock markets, insurance, and sovereign wealth funds. It also includes examinations of banking regulation and supervision, and analyses of macroprudential regulation, capital flow management measures, and monetary policy. Finally, it provides new insights into topical issues such as SME, green, and Islamic finance.
This handbook is an essential resource for scholars and students of Asian economics and finance and for professionals working in financial markets in Asia.

Brief contents
1 Introduction: characteristics of Asian financial systems in comparative perspective 1
PART I Country chapters 13
2 The development and transformation of the financial system in the People’s Republic of China 15
3 Financial sector in Hong Kong, China 39
4 Indian financial sector: structure, trends, and turns 54
5 Development and shortcomings of Indonesia’s financial sector 76
6 Japan’s financial system and its challenges 89
7 Banking and finance in the Republic of Korea 106
8 Financial system in Malaysia 121
9 The Philippine financial system: developments, challenges, and opportunities 145
10 Financial sector in Singapore 165
11 Banking and finance in Thailand 179
12 The financial economy of Viet Nam in an age of reform, 1986–2016 201
PART II Thematic chapters 223
13 Commercial banking in Asia 225
14 Development banks in Asia: magic bullets that invariably disappoint 245
15 Developing local currency bond markets in Asia 265
16 Asian stock markets 285
17 Institutional investors and sovereign wealth funds in Asia 300
18 Insurance markets in Asia 317
19 Infrastructure finance of Asia 337
20 Financial inclusion in Asia 353
21 Remedies for mitigating Asian SMEs’ access-to-finance difficulties 371
22 Monetary policy and central banking in Asia 386
23 Macroprudential regulation and capital flow management measures in Asia 410
24 Capital flows and exchange rate policies 428
25 Financial integration in Asia 454
26 Banking regulation and supervision in Asia 469
27 Fostering green finance for sustainable development in Asia 488
28 An overview of Islamic banking and finance in Asia 505
Index 519

Pages: 560
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (October 23, 2018)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1138685402
ISBN-13: 978-1138685406