This nineteenth edition on international finance includes the continuing responses to the 20072009 global financial crisis and the ongoing Eurozone crisis, and reflects the reality of the Dodd-Frank Act, which has spawned hundreds of rule-making proceedings. Chapter 2 now deals with the newly enacted Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act of 2012. Chapter 5 deals with the Euro and Eurozone crisis, the multiple responses to which have been the major focus of international finance in the past year. Chapter 7 discusses the continued formation and implementation of the Basel III rules, as well as the expanding use of stress tests. Chapter 15 addresses the vast regulatory changes in regulation for the over-the-counter derivatives market. Chapter 16 deals with new regulatory proposals for money market and hedge funds.