Managing Credit Risk in Corporate Bond Portfolios: A Practitioner's Guide (Frank J. Fabozzi Series) - Hardcover

Ramaswamy, Srichander

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471430374 ISBN 13: 9780471430377

Verlag: Wiley, 2003

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Expert guidance on managing credit risk in bond portfolios
Managing Credit Risk in Corporate Bond Portfolios shows readers how to measure and manage the risks of a corporate bond portfolio against its benchmark. This comprehensive guide explores a wide range of topics surrounding credit risk and bond portfolios, including the similarities and differences between corporate and government bond portfolios, yield curve risk, default and credit migration risk, Monte Carlo simulation techniques, and portfolio selection methods.
Srichander Ramaswamy, PhD (Basel, Switzerland), is Head of Investment Analysis at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland, and Adjunct Professor of Banking and Finance, University of Lausanne.

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Srichander Ramaswamy is Head of Investment Analysis at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basel, Switzerland, and Adjunct Professor of Banking and Finance, University of Lausanne. Previously, he was a financial engineer with Credit Suisse in Zurich. Dr. Ramaswamy is a contributor to the Journal of Portfolio Management and other professional journals. He holds a PhD in aerospace engineering from the University of Cincinnati.

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"With this clear and comprehensive guide, the reader has an excellent basis on which to build up an advanced credit risk management system. Ramaswamy provides clear answers to important questions such as tail dependence and relative credit risk measures while keeping the right balance between practical relevance and technical sophistication."
–Dr. Yue Sung, Head of Risk Control, Deutsche Bundesbank

"This book bridges the gap between theory and practice in the quantitative management of corporate bond portfolios. Different distributional assumptions are utilized and discussed in the context of practical portfolio management examples. I recommend this book to practitioners as a useful introduction to the quantitative issues of corporate bond portfolio management."
–Lev Dynkin, Managing Director
Lehman Brothers, Quantitative Portfolio Strategies

In Managing Credit Risk in Corporate Bond Portfolios: A Practitioner’s Guide, investment expert Srichander Ramaswamy skillfully explains how you can begin to measure and manage the relative credit risk of a co rporate bond portfolio against its benchmark. By combining risk management concepts with portfolio construction techniques, and examining the role that quantitative methods play in the integration process, this comprehensive guide provides much-needed answers to numerous corporate bond portfolio management questions. Filled with practical advice and challenging end-of-chapter questions, this book can help you become a better-informed and more efficient player in the financial system–whether you’re an institutional investor in need of important risk guidelines or a portfolio manager looking to rebalance positions.

"This book bridges the gap between theory and practice in the quantitative management of corporate bond portfolios. Different distributional assumptions are utilized and discussed in the context of practical portfolio management examples. I recommend this book to practitioners as a useful introduction to the quantitative issues of corporate bond portfolio management."
–Lev Dynkin, Managing Director
Lehman Brothers, Quantitative Portfolio Strategies

In Managing Credit Risk in Corporate Bond Portfolios: A Practitioner’s Guide, investment expert Srichander Ramaswamy skillfully explains how you can begin to measure and manage the relative credit risk of a co rporate bond portfolio against its benchmark. By combining risk management concepts with portfolio construction techniques, and examining the role that quantitative methods play in the integration process, this comprehensive guide provides much-needed answers to numerous corporate bond portfolio management questions. Filled with practical advice and challenging end-of-chapter questions, this book can help you become a better-informed and more efficient player in the financial system–whether you’re an institutional investor in need of important risk guidelines or a portfolio manager looking to rebalance positions.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Wiley
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2003
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0471430374
• ISBN 13: 9780471430377
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 288
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