The breadth and width of responses to our recent financial crisis drive this introduction to mainstream but frequently overlooked subjects.  Widely informative about technical and procedural processes, this new edition describes how investment banks, hedge funds, and private equity firms amass and wield global power and influence.  Expanded coverage of international firms and markets portray important recent developments, and almost every chapter features revised and updated material.  Illuminating issues through both professional and academic perspectives, it presents a unifying perspective available nowhere else. Includes recent regulatory and tax developments accompanying global financial reform Incorporates more international materials for better comparisons of world regions Accompanies cases with spreadsheets for readers to create their own analytical frameworks