Acknowledgments

I would like to thank Nick Wallwork, Publisher, John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd. for agreeing to publish this book. I would like to thank Fiona Wong, Janis Soo, Joyce Poh and the entire production team at John Wiley. Without their persevering efforts and help, this book might have never seen the light of the day. I want to acknowledge Missy Garnett of Cape Cod Compositors, Inc. for her wonderful copyediting of my text.

I am thankful to Variman Capital Markets Services Private Limited, where I was able to get rich experience in accounting for various types of investments. I am very grateful to my colleagues at Variman who painstakingly verified the workings for the illustrations spending several weekends on this assignment. I want to particularly thank my father Ramachandran who took very active interest in correcting the manuscript of this text. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my mother Parimala who motivated me to complete the book amidst my other commitments. Last but not the least, my heartfelt gratitude goes out to my loving wife Dr. Rama and my affectionate daughter Ramya who encouraged and motivated me constantly to pursue my cherished goal of completing this first volume.

R. Venkata Subramani