The book by Simon Vine, a candidate of economic sciences, a member of the board of AlfaBank and the head of the Investment Banking Unit, serves as a source of unique information for specialists in urgent transactions on the stock and foreign exchange markets. Solutions to many of the problems presented in this book cannot be found either in Russian or Western literature. Therefore, the first edition of the book was published in the USA in English and was included in the recommended reading lists of a number of Western universities, including Cambridge. Important features of the book are its practical orientation and ease of understanding: for each topic, exercises are given to help consolidate the material covered. Although the book is written primarily for professionals, it will be read with interest by novice employees of banks, investment and insurance companies, as well as graduate students and students of financial universities .