Mastering Derivatives Markets: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Products, Applications and Risks - Couverture souple

Taylor, Francesca

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 027370978X ISBN 13 : 9780273709787

Editeur : Pearson Education Limited, 2006

Synopsis

Mastering Derivatives Markets is the most widely read book on the general derivatives market, and is read by everyone from bankers and brokers to journalists.

The latest edition once again offers a comprehensive overview of everything a professional investor needs to know regarding the derivative process and its instruments.

 This include recent changes in derivative trading, and explanations into options, swaps and futures across the key asset classes of rates, currency, equity, commodity and credit. In support of this, it also covers newer and more complex tools such as credit derivatives, and answers the following questions:

           

            What happens after the deal is done?

            What is benchmarking?

            How does STP work in this market?

            What are electronic templates?

            How is technology evolving?

            How do the new accounting regulations work, IAS 39, FASB 133?

            How will MiFID affect what we do?

 

This book is your passport to derivative success. Don’t enter the market without it.

The Mastering Series are your practical guides to gaining the knowledge you need to succeed in the financial world. With the very latest practical examples, exercises and templates used throughout for ease of understanding, The Mastering Series covers every aspect of the topic from the basic essential skills you need to perform your job effectively to the more advanced skills to get you to the top. Written by practitioners for practitioners, these books give you just what you need - and nothing more - to succeed in finance. Several of the titles also come with companion CDs to allow you to put the book's ideas into action straightaway.

The Mastering Series: Practical, comprehensive, essential.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Francesca Taylor is the principle of Taylor Associates, one of the City’s leading financial training companies, specialising in derivatives, capital markets, risk and treasury training.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

"The definitive passport to success in derivatives. Don't enter the market without it!"

Bill Hodgson, Business Development, DTCC

 

“As a trader I crave clarity. Mastering Derivatives Markets integrates tradable insights with a nuanced account of the mechanics of the trade. My suspicion is that if you lost money recently in a derivatives trade it was to a trader who reads Ms Taylor's books.”

Joseph M. Brooks, Independent FX Trader, Las Vegas, USA

 

“We run a number of courses on financial products and this book serves as excellent pre-course reading as well as an everyday reference handbook.”

Maricar Obieta, Senior Vice President, Capital Markets Learning & Development Manager, Corporate and Investment Bank, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Citigroup

 

“An essential read for anyone serious about understanding the impact of technology on the global derivatives market.”

Kevin Thorogood, Director of Investment Bank Solutions, Thunderhead Ltd

 

Mastering Derivatives Markets provides full up-to-the-minute explanations of the basic building blocks of options, swaps and futures across the key asset classes: rates, currency, equity, commodity and credit as well as the downstream processes essential to an understanding of today’s new exchange traded instruments.

 

Can you answer the following questions with confidence?

 

• Do you understand Credit Derivatives, CDOs and tranches?
• What happens after the deal is done?
• What is benchmarking?
• How does STP work in this market?
• What are electronic templates?
• How is technology evolving?
• How do the new accounting regulations like IAS 39 and FASB 133 work?
• How will MiFID affect what we do?

 

If you can, great. If not, you will find all the answers, and more besides, in this revised third edition of Mastering Derivatives Markets, which is the most widely read, easy to understand book on the general derivatives market. It is read by finance students and graduates, bankers, brokers, hedge fund managers and journalists as well as being mandatory reading in most IT, operations and technology departments.

 

Keep this book at your side for future reference and don't enter the derivatives market without it!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pearson Education Limited
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 027370978X
• ISBN 13: 9780273709787
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 3
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible