[.ca] Business Knowledge for IT in Investment Banking (ISBN 0955412404)

Excerpt from Review in International Journal of Information Management 27 (2007) 301-304:
This is the maiden publication in the Business Knowledge and IT Professional series. It is an unusual book which aims to bridge the perceived gap in business knowledge between IT professionals and the business community. Each chapter is clearly introduced which enables the reader to easily target particular areas of interest. The initial chapters spend time developing the background of investment banking. This is really unavoidable in a conversion-type text such as this. Topics such as asset classes, the business environment, trends in investment banking, foreign exchanges and the trading life cycle are addressed in turn. This is an ambitious text and almost inevitably ``falls between two stools''. For the interested reader there is a fairly comprehensive reference list and a set useful websites to support study in greater depth. Where the book really does succeed is in introducing a lot of new ideas quickly, in a clear and ordered style. The linking of IT and investment banking is also relatively successful, but given that it is IT professionals who will supposedly be reading it, this side could have been more ambitious.

Excerpt from British Computer Soceity Review:
"This small book is a literary goldmine of information.Even, for those not seeking to extend their IT career into the finance sector this is a superb little reference guide.It describes the structure of today's money markets, the language of banking, what the different types of investment and dealing are all about and how the major players stack up against each other."

A world first and must have:
A well written book that contains enough information on the convergence of IT and business of investment banking

A Rare Gem:
This small book is a literary goldmine of information.In terms that even I can understand it describes the structure of today's money markets, the language of banking, what the different types of investment and dealing are all about and how the major players stack up against each other. The book has nuggets of 'gold' throughout and I learnt a lot.