Credit Derivatives: A Guide to Instruments and Applications (Wiley Series in Financial Engineering) - Hardcover

Tavakoli, Janet M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471246565 ISBN 13: 9780471246565

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 1998

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Credit derivatives have revolutionized the way banks and brokerage firms do business. This book explains the various instruments in the market, the economic value of these instruments and how to value and document these trades. Coverage includes: an overview of the topic; description of the instruments and applications such as credit swaps and options; shorting credits; pricing methods; new structured credit derivatives; the future of the global credit markets; CreditMetrics; tax arbitrage; and emerging market risk.

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"If you want to know more about credit derivatives-and these days an increasing number of people do-then you should read this book."-Merton H. Miller, winner, Nobel Prize in Economics, 1990; Robert R. McCormick Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business "Tavakoli brings extraordinary insight and clarity to this fascinating financial evolution. She combines her extensive experience and deep understanding of the derivatives markets with a lucid writing style that makes this an eminently readable volume. This book should set the standard for credit derivatives texts for years to come." -Carl V. Schuman, Manager, Credit Derivatives, WestLB New York "Tavakoli does a remarkable job compiling a highly readable and much needed guide to instruments and applications of credit derivatives. Using charts, examples, basic investment theory, and elementary mathematics, Tavakoli explains the real-world practice and applications of credit derivative products. Credit Derivatives clarifies often misunderstood concepts and offers a framework with which to analyze derivatives and how to make them work."-Stephen Wade Managing Director, UBS Securities LLC Hei Wai Chan, PhD, Director, UBS Securities LLC "Tavakoli has written a book that finally demystifies credit derivatives. It is an easy to understand analysis of the many aspects of the basic products used in this new and innovative derivative structure. Anyone in the banking community as well as the sophisticated derivatives professional will find it both useful and insightful."-Randy Allison Kaufman, Managing Director, Bank Boston, Structured Derivatives

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• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0471246565
• ISBN 13: 9780471246565
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 272
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