All you need to know about the City 2011/2012
THIRD EDITION  

The global financial crisis has made what goes on in the City of London's financial markets more important and relevant than ever.

What is the credit crunch and sub-prime lending? What are the toxic tranches and SIV's? If you are working in or are thinking of working in the City, this book gives you the answers.

Designed to be a quick and easy read, it explains what everything is and how it all connects. It gives you the whole picture.

As the author - a City insider - says "This is all I have ever needed to know in almost 30 years of working in and around the City."

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All you need to know about the City Part 2 2010/2011

If you are one of the tens of thousands who have read ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CITY, you already have a perfect grounding in what goes on in the City. But it's impossible to study the City in isolation from the rest of the world's financial markets, and London is the leading international financial centre(IFC).

No book to date has captured both the virtuality of the international financial markets (IFMs) - the fact that currencies, equities, bonds, money market instruments and derivatives are traded in the either, and the geography of the IFCs: the fact that trading is done by people based in cities.

This book covers both the clicks 'n' the bricks. It takes the reader on a tour of the world's leading IFCs and the IFMs and sets them all in a macroeconomic context that explains how the IFMs have moved from investing to trading over the last 20 years, that caused the credit crunch and how governments tackles it - all in Chris Stoakes' easy-to-read style.

Quote "the second part of the bestselling guide to London's financial markets now set in a global context."

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All you need to know about Commercial Awareness 2011/2012

It's no longer good enough just to be technically competent.

Employers want people who can communicate effectively, who know how the world works and who can work effectively whatever the business conditions. In short, they want people who are commercially aware.

Christopher Stoakes has been a business insider for 25 years and knows what makes it tick. Drawing on his own first-hand experience as a journalist and management consultant for many large City firms, Stoakes shows you how to make the best business deals, how to work more effectively and how to tweak your antennae in order to satisfy your clients.

"At heart, commercial awareness is about being able to talk to clients, finding out what they want, why they want it, what they will do with it and what they are prepared to pay, and then delivering it in the way they want."

Using clear and comprehensible English combined with a substantial jargon buster, Stoakes has produced an indispensable guide for those wanting to propel their career or business further.

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Global Financial Markets

What do people in the financial markets do all day? If you are working in, or are thinking of working in the financial markets, this book gives you the answers.

Designed to be a quick and easy read, it explains what everything is and how it all connects. From arbitrage to zero-compounded bonds via Islamic finance, it gives you the whole picture. Interspersed with trips to the world's largest financial markets (including New York and Tokyo), speed-read summaries and 'how it all connects' boxes, you get the full story from the origins of money to the credit crunch.

Tens of thousands of copies of the UK version of this book have been sold since its publications to leading bans, law firms, accountants, management consultants and students, making this book required reading for anyone wanting to understand the financial markets.

Quote "the international version of the UK's bestselling introduction to financial markets."

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All you need to know about being a Trainee Solicitor 2009/10

Designed for students considering a career in law, law-firm interns, LPC students, trainees, trainee supervisors and many more.

All you need to know about being a Trainee Solicitor will make you better prepared for the realities of a career in law.

Written accurately and without exaggeration, our book focuses on the human and practical elements of the training contract, covering all aspects in great detail.

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All you need to know about Ethics and Finance 2007
FIRST EDITION   September 2006

The new millennium has been marked by a succession of corporate scandals caused by astonishing ethical lapses. What started with Enron has turned out to be a global phenomenon with enormous repercussions.

In response many companies have expanded their governance codes and compliance functions which has exacerbated the problem by encouraging a risk management culture rather than an ethics culture. Too many boards have delegated the task of ethics to ethics officers, who in turn have relied on consultants to define the company's values. Ethics has become something that "other people" do in the company.

This book restores ethical judgment to corporate culture.

Bringing together the expertise and experience of John Plender, the FT columnist, and Avinash D. Persaud, academic and finance guru, All you need to know about Ethics and Finance examines the issues and pressures faced by all in business and finance.

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All you need to know about being a Pension Fund Trustee 2006/7
FIRST EDITION   February 2006

Longtail Publishing Limited provides a practical and sensible guide for trustees who need help to do their jobs more effectively. Written by Andrew Freeman, an active trustee and experienced financial journalist with The Economist, the book mixes real-life advice and insight with easy to grasp explanations of where the pensions crisis came from and what can be done to relieve it:

"I wanted to write something that would actually help trustees understand the scale and scope of their challenge, but also reassure them that with a bit of effort they can make real, meaningful progress."

Freeman talked to a range of other trustees and to some of the UK's leading actuaries and pensions thinkers, including David Norgrove, the regulator, with whom he had an exclusive interview.

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