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Finance Resource Guide

General Reading

books & journals
[print & electronic]
Databases
(find journal articles etc)

 

General Reading

AFR.com
The Australian Financial Review - Financial Services section. current news. or Full text via the Library

Investopedia (a Forbes digital company)
This American site includes articles, dictionary, financial calculators and tutorials.

Eco5 by McKinsey & Company
Has links to a range of resources including working papers. [note: the library subscribes to EconLit]

Financial Crisis 2007-2008 [video] "Frontline:  Inside the meltdown"
United States program on how the economic crisis transpired - plus "Interviews", "Timeline", and "Analysis".

Headlinespot.com Links to finance news sites.  Use the search function to locate regions other than USA.

International Monetary Fund (IMF) - many Publications are free
Search the website.   See also the Library catalogue for print & online subscriptions.

Wachowicz's Web World - [see all 8 parts]
F
inancial management web sites are grouped to correspond with the major topic headings in Fundamentals of Financial Management, 12th ed., Pearson Education Limited (2005) by James Van Horne and John Wachowicz.

Company reports. including annual reports

Journal articles in the Business Source Complete database. See this sample search result for journal articles published after 01/2000:  su option and (su binomial or su scholes) You could replace this search with your own keywords.

 

ASX Australian Stock Exchange
Click on "About ASX" in the left hand frame for information on the operation of the ASX.

National Stock Exchange of Australia
NSX is a stock exchange established specifically for the listing of small to medium sized companies.

Stock & Commodity Exchanges - © Copyright 1996-2008, Rutgers University Libraries
International list of stock and commodity exchanges, including, futures, options, and derivatives, as well as sources for market and stock prices and reports.  Scroll down to see the index.

globalEDGE: International Business Resources  - Stock Exchanges
Comprehensive directory of international business, finance, marketing and trade resources & this link to Stock Exchanges.

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Investment tools

ASX Calculators & tools
A selection of calculators and tools for investing and trading in various ASX markets.

Resources for Financial Planners and Advisers (ASX)
ASX Guide to Listed Investments,  Tools for Advisers, ASX listed product information.

MarketWatch the Dow Jones Online Network (USA)
An American website with facility to search for current information for stock, fund or industry information for a specific country. See also Tools & Research.

Global Industry Classification Standard  MSCI Barra  2008
A database of more than 37,000 companies (and over 42,000 securities) classified in accordance with the GICS methodology.

Standard & Poor's (Australia & New Zealand)
Financial market intelligence services (commercial) - credit ratings, indices, investment research and data. See also the Library's online subscription to the Industry Investment Reviews via Factiva.

Getting Started with Excel  © 1999-2007 studyfinance.com / University of Arizona
This easy to follow overview was developed by Dr. Sharon Garrison.

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Banks

Bank of England - /  Financial Stability Review / statistics

Banque de France - / Financial Stability Review

European Central Bank - /      Financial Stability Review

Federal Reserve Board (America)
 
see also Economic Research & Data

Reserve Bank of Australia.   
Monetary policy; Market operations; Financial systems. Domestic & International.
- Statistics - includes information on financial institutions. see also International data   current and historical;     RBA: Financial Stability Review

BIS - Bank for International Settlements
An international organisation which fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks .

Reserve-Bank.com
This link is to All Banks, see also the link for Central Banks.

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Taxation

Australian Taxation Office web site
Covers a broad range of topics such as policies, guidelines, rulings, legislation and links for tax professionals.

Taxation - Australia.gov.au
Business taxes explained (ABN, FBT, PAYG, Fringe Benefit) workers, superannuation, record keeping.

CPA Australia - Taxation
Includes latest news, tools, events and links to articles.

Taxation Institute of Australia
Has some free articles.  Use the Publications page to search for articles.

Tax Library /  Australian Tax Cases  CCH (subscription)
Search for cases from 1969 to the present.  Also has a link to abbreviations and foreign words and phrases at the end of the Contents.  Online help and tutorial available.
Instructions - under Active Subscriptions click on Australian Tax Cases.  Before entering search words; change the search forms to "Inside all titles" .  Use the asterisk (*) truncation symbol to increase search results.

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Australia

The Australian Financial Services Directory
Click on the "Directories" link to see lists of stock brokers; fund managers; trading systems; industry associations; calculators, and more.

Financial Ombudsman Service
Information on cases and dispute resolution as well as the full text of the annual reports/reviews for each of the divisions-Banking & Finance; General Insurance; Investments, Life Insurance & Superannuation.

Financial Services - ASIC  (Australian Securities & Investment Com.)
Information on government regulations. Includes, Compliance, Licensing, Codes of Practice, Legislation, Managed investment schemes, Product disclosure etc

Finance - Australian Bureau of Statistics
Statistical data on government finance and financial institutions

CPA Australia - Financial Planning
Links to reporting, superannuation, news, tools, audit, treasury, standards & legal issues

Department of Finance and Administration © Commonwealth of Australia
Financial reporting, briefs, ministers orders, Government finances: budget management, reporting and advice; Government operations: asset management & business services.

The Treasury  (Australian Government)
See this wonderful list of related websites. Use the Search box on the right hand side to find information related to your research.

Wren Investment Advisors  by Wren Research Pty Ltd
Click on "Downloads" for Historical Financial Market Data from 1875 onwards). Also the "Daily Database" for key financial data for every trading day since 1980.

South Australian Government /   Banking & Finance
This is the home page of South Australian Government Information, it includes banks, credit unions and financiers.

 

Asian Pacific Business & Finance

ASEAN 
Information on the activities undertaken by its member countries: Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. Also links to their official home pages.

Asian Development Bank
Owned and financed by its 67 member countries.  It contributes low interest loans, guarantees, grants, private sector investments, to help build infrastructure and improve essential services to boost quality of life.

Peoples Republic of China  © 2006 www.gov.cn
Chinese government web page on business & finance

FinanceAsia.com  by Haymarket Business Publications Ltd
Finance news for Asia and Australia. Note the browse by country list.

Pacific Exchange Rates© 2008 by Werner Antweiler, University of British Columbia
Includes current rates, historic data & cross rates.

 

U. K.; N.Z.; & Europe

Moneyextra.com - Financial News
A UK personal finance web site; information on latest rates, financial news and links to stockbrokers, investment trust managers and unit trust managers.

Euro Pages: The European B2B search engine © 1995-2008 EUROPAGES SA.
See Links in the left hand frame to see sections on finance, investors guide, newspapers, Europe Zone. Also has a company and product directory.

European Business Center

New Zealand Official Homepage  - Business Finance & Tax

Doing Business with New Zealand
A government website with links to products and services, stock market and latest share market prices.

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America

Financial Markets and Investments:
Best of the Best Business websites by the American Library Ass.
This American site links to web pages produced by a range of institutions and covers: stocks & bonds, mutual funds, commodities and futures. 

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)  
Banking: industry analysis, consumer protection, risk management. plus Historical Statistics on Banking [USA]

NYSE Euronext 
NYSE Euronext (NYX) operates the world’s leading exchange group, located in six countries and include the New York Stock Exchange; Euronext; Liffe; and NYSE Arca Options.

US Securities & Exchange Commission
About the SEC, laws and regulations, company information, investor information, news. See also the full text search option of EDGAR (company database).

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This is short list of a few professional associations. Most include professional development, networking programs, career support services and information resources and publications.

Accounting & Finance Association of Australia and New Zealand Ltd (AFAANZ)
Finsia (Financial Services Institute of Australia)
FMAA Financial Management Association of Australia
FPA (Financial Planning Association of Australia)
Investment and Financial Services Association Limited (IFSA)
MFAA (Mortgage & Finance Association of Australia).
The Finance and Treasury Association -(Australia)

Global Association of Investment Professionals [CFA & CIPM]
Administer the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement (CIPM) programs

Institute of International Finance, Inc. (IIF)  
Supports the financial industry with information on managing risks; developing best practices and standards; and in advocating regulatory, financial, and economic policies.

Financial Economics Network (SSRN)
Digital repository of working papers but also has information on conferences, professional meetings and Professional Job Listings.

Books & Journals at the Library

All journals titles (electronic and print) subscribed to by the Library can be found by searching in the catalogue. Search the Databases to find articles.

The following is a small sample of the Libraries resources. You could also try a Keyword search in the catalogue for your topic.

Library Catalogue topic search - Subject Heading search for Finance:-

Here is a small sample of subjects.  Click a link below then browse the list (see also previous and next buttons) when you click on a Subject Heading link a list of titles is displayed.


Finance   see also Finance Australia
Finance mathematical models
Futures
Investment analysis
Options
Portfolio management
Risk management
Corporations -Valuation

Use the Sort by:  drop down list to display most recently published titles first.

Click on Headings again to go back to the list of Subject Headings.

 

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Updated: 7th May,  2009   Bernadine Hardin