Download or read book Credit Derivatives and Synthetic Structures written by Janet M. Tavakoli and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2001-07-16 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fully revised and updated Here is the only comprehensive source that explains the various instruments in the market, their economic value, how to document trades, and more. This new edition includes enhanced treatment of U.S. and worldwide regulatory issues, and new product structures. "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 "Tavakoli brings extraordinary insight and clarity to this fascinating financial evolution . . ."--Carl V. Schuman, Manager, Credit Derivatives, West LB New York Janet M. Tavakoli (Chicago, IL) is Vice President of the Chicago branch of Bank of America, where she directs the company's overall marketing of global derivatives and manages its CreditMetrics initiative.

Download or read book Credit Derivatives written by Geoff Chaplin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-19 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The credit derivatives industry has come under close scrutiny over the past few years, with the recent financial crisis highlighting the instability of a number of credit structures and throwing the industry into turmoil. What has been made clear by recent events is the necessity for a thorough understanding of credit derivatives by all parties involved in a transaction, especially traders, structurers, quants and investors. Fully revised and updated to take in to account the new products, markets and risk requirements post financial crisis, Credit Derivatives: Trading, Investing and Risk Management, Second Edition, covers the subject from a real world perspective, tackling issues such as liquidity, poor data, and credit spreads, to the latest innovations in portfolio products, hedging and risk management techniques. The book concentrates on practical issues and develops an understanding of the products through applications and detailed analysis of the risks and alternative means of trading. It provides: a description of the key products, applications, and an analysis of typical trades including basis trading, hedging, and credit structuring; analysis of the industry standard 'default and recovery' and Copula models including many examples, and a description of the models' shortcomings; tools and techniques for the management of a portfolio or book of credit risks including appropriate and inappropriate methods of correlation risk management; a thorough analysis of counterparty risk; an intuitive understanding of credit correlation in reality and in the Copula model. The book is thoroughly updated to reflect the changes the industry has seen over the past 5 years, notably with an analysis of the lead up and causes of the credit crisis. It contains 50% new material, which includes copula valuation and hedging, portfolio optimisation, portfolio products and correlation risk management, pricing in illiquid environments, chapters on the evolution of credit management systems, the credit meltdown and new chapters on the implementation and testing of credit derivative models and systems. The book is accompanied by a website which contains tools for credit derivatives valuation and risk management, illustrating the models used in the book and also providing a valuation toolkit.

Download or read book Understanding Credit Derivatives and Related Instruments written by Antulio N. Bomfim and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2015-11-23 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Understanding Credit Derivatives and Related Instruments, Second Edition is an intuitive, rigorous overview that links the practices of valuing and trading credit derivatives with academic theory. Rather than presenting highly technical explorations, the book offers summaries of major subjects and the principal perspectives associated with them. The book's centerpiece is pricing and valuation issues, especially valuation tools and their uses in credit models. Five new chapters cover practices that have become commonplace as a result of the 2008 financial crisis, including standardized premiums and upfront payments. Analyses of regulatory responses to the crisis for the credit derivatives market (Basel III, Dodd-Frank, etc.) include all the necessary statistical and mathematical background for readers to easily follow the pricing topics. Every reader familiar with mid-level mathematics who wants to understand the functioning of the derivatives markets (in both practical and academic contexts) can fully satisfy his or her interests with the comprehensive assessments in this book. Explores the role that credit derivatives played during the economic crisis, both as hedging instruments and as vehicles that potentially magnified losses for some investors Comprehensive overview of single-name and multi-name credit derivatives in terms of market specifications, pricing techniques, and regulatory treatment Updated edition uses current market statistics (market size, market participants, and uses of credit derivatives), covers the application of CDS technology to other asset classes (CMBX, ABX, etc.), and expands the treatment of individual instruments to cover index products, and more

Download or read book Credit Derivatives written by George Chacko and published by Pearson Education. This book was released on 2006-06-02 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The credit risk market is the fastest growing financial market in the world, attracting everyone from hedge funds to banks and insurance companies. Increasingly, professionals in corporate finance need to understand the workings of the credit risk market in order to successfully manage risk in their own organizations; in addition, some wish to move into the field on a full-time basis. Most books in the field, however, are either too academic for working professionals, or written for those who already possess extensive experience in the area. Credit Derivatives fills the gap, explaining the credit risk market clearly and simply, in language any working financial professional can understand. Harvard Business School faculty member George C. Chacko and his colleagues begin by explaining the underlying principles surrounding credit risk. Next, they systematically present today's leading methods and instruments for managing it. The authors introduce total return swaps, credit spread options, credit linked notes, and other instruments, demonstrating how each of them can be used to isolate risk and sell it to someone willing to accept it.

Download or read book Mastering Credit Derivatives written by Andrew Kasapis and published by Pearson UK. This book was released on 2013-10-03 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of Mastering Credit Derivatives has been completely revised to include new movements in the world of finance. The first part of the book is set aside as a condensed, updated version of the previous edition whereas the next two thirds are dedicated to recent innovations such as Structured Credit Derivatives and Greeks and Tranche Sensitivity. The book is written on a purely ‘need to know’ basis, avoiding the archaic, theoretical and excessively mathematical concepts. Input from market practitioners offers valuable insight into where they believe the market is headed in the future. Derivatives is a huge area, thought to be worth trillions of pounds. With new products being constantly introduced, it is important to keep up-to-date with its rapid growth.

Download or read book The Handbook of Equity Derivatives written by Jack Clark Francis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1999-11-08 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aktienderivate gehören zu den populärsten Derivatprodukten, die von institutionellen Anlegern gehandelt werden. Ein Aktienderivat ist ein Future oder eine Option auf Aktien oder Aktienindices. Zu den traditionellen Aktienderivaten gehören Optionsscheine, Optionen, Futures und Aktienindexfutures. Das "Handbook of Equity" ist eine vollständige und umfassende Überarbeitung des ersten und einzigen Buches zu diesem Thema. Herausgegeben von führenden Köpfen der Branche - darunter Nobelpreisträger Fischer Black, John Braddock und Mark Rubenstein - enthält es wichtige neue Informationen zu Aktienindexfutures und -optionen und erweitert die mathematische Diskussion um das Black & Scholes-Modell. (11/99)

Download or read book Structured Credit Products written by Moorad Choudhry and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 628 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated coverage of structured credit products with in-depth coverage of the latest developments Structured credit products are one of today's fastest growing investment and risk management mechanisms, and a focus of innovation and creativity in the capital markets. The building blocks of these products are credit derivatives, which are among the most widely used products in finance. This book offers a succinct and focused description of the main credit derivative instruments, as well as the more complex products such as synthetic collateralized debt obligations. This new edition features updated case studies from Europe and Asia, the latest developments in synthetic structures, the impact of the subprime meltdown, along with models and teaching aids. Moorad Choudhry returns with this excellent update of the credit derivatives market. The second edition of his classic work is, like the subject matter itself, at the forefront of the financial industry. It deserves a wide readership. —Dr Didier Joannas Regional Director, Thomson Reuters, Hong Kong This is the perfect companion for both experienced and entry level professionals working in the structured credit fraternity. It is an erudite, insightful and enjoyable read that successfully demystifies one of the most topical subject areas in banking today, while also providing important practical examples that link the theory to the job itself. —Dr James Berriman Global Pricing Unit, Royal Bank of Scotland Moorad Choudhry has earned a deserved reputation from both academics and practitioners as one of the leading practical yet rigorous authors of finance books. In this Second Edition, his practical knowledge of credit derivatives keeps the audience engaged with straightforward explanations of complicated structures, and an accessible level of mathematical sophistication necessary to understand structured credit products. The author offers complete, rigorous analysis while avoiding overuse of mathematical formulas and carefully balanced practical and theoretical aspects of the subject. I strongly recommend this book for those wishing to gain an intuitive understanding of structured credit products, from practitioners to students of finance! —Mohamoud Barre Dualeh Senior Product Developer, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, UAE This is THE book for credit derivative trading. From first steps to advanced trading strategies, this is invaluable. Well written and insightful, perfect for ad hoc reference or reading cover to cover. —Andrew Benson ETF Market Making, KBC Peel Hunt, London Professor Choudhry has inspired me to really get into credit derivatives. It’s great to be lectured by someone with such energy and practical hands-on experience, as well as the ability to get stuck into the details. —George Whicheloe Equity-Linked Technology, Merrill Lynch, London Moorad Choudhry is Head of Treasury at Europe Arab Bank plc in London. He is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics at London Metropolitan University.

Download or read book Credit Derivatives Revised Edition written by George Chacko and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2015-12-18 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every company faces credit risk. Credit derivatives are among the most powerful tools available for managing it. Once restricted to the financial industry, they are now widely used by businesses of all kinds—and all financial professionals need to understand them. Credit Derivatives, Revised Edition, explains these tools simply, clearly, and rigorously: what they do, how they work, and how to use them in today’s applications. The authors first show how credit risk can be measured and valued. They explain key ideas, such as recovery rates and credit spreads, and show how derivatives transfer credit risk to external investors. Next, they systematically demonstrate how credit risk models can describe and predict credit risk events. They cover structural models, including Merton and Black and Cox; empirical models, such as the Z-score model; and reduced-form models, such as Jarrow-Turnbull. The authors also present detailed explanations of two widely used instruments: credit default swaps (CDSs) and collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). Finally, building on what you’ve learned, the authors offer a brand-new primer on today’s applications for financial instruments with embedded credit risk. FINANCIAL STATEMENT ANALYSIS Perform preliminary financial analysis on any potential project UNDERSTAND, MEASURE, AND ASSESS CREDIT RISK Master core concepts, from credit spreads to default probabilities MASTER POWERFUL CREDIT RISK MODELING APPROACHES Learn structural, empirical, and reduced-form credit risk modeling GAIN DEEP INSIGHT INTO TODAY’S INSTRUMENTS AND APPLICATIONS Understand CDSs, CDOs, and how credit-sensitive products are now used FOR EVERY FINANCIAL PRACTITIONER: BUY-SIDE AND SELL-SIDE For CFOs, treasurers, and other practitioners—everywhere from pension funds to commercial corporations

Download or read book Modelling Single name and Multi name Credit Derivatives written by Dominic O'Kane and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-08 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Modelling Single-name and Multi-name Credit Derivatives presents an up-to-date, comprehensive, accessible and practical guide to the pricing and risk-management of credit derivatives. It is both a detailed introduction to credit derivative modelling and a reference for those who are already practitioners. This book is up-to-date as it covers many of the important developments which have occurred in the credit derivatives market in the past 4-5 years. These include the arrival of the CDS portfolio indices and all of the products based on these indices. In terms of models, this book covers the challenge of modelling single-tranche CDOs in the presence of the correlation skew, as well as the pricing and risk of more recent products such as constant maturity CDS, portfolio swaptions, CDO squareds, credit CPPI and credit CPDOs.

Download or read book An Introduction to Credit Derivatives written by Moorad Choudhry and published by Butterworth-Heinemann. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second edition of An Introduction to Credit Derivatives provides a broad introduction to products and a marketplace that have changed significantly since the financial crisis of 2008. Author Moorad Choudhry gives a practitioner's perspective on credit derivative instruments and the risks they involve in a succinct style without sacrificing technical details and scientific precision. Beginning with foundational discussions of credit risk, credit risk transfer and credit ratings, the book proceeds to examine credit default swaps and related pricing, asset swaps, credit-linked notes, and more. Ample references, appendices and a glossary add considerably to the lasting value of the book for students and professionals in finance. A post-crisis guide to a powerful bank risk management product, its history and its use Liberal use of Bloomberg screens and new worked examples increase hands-on practicality New online set of CDS pricing models and other worksheets multiply the book's uses

Download or read book Credit Derivatives written by Geoff Chaplin and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-09-27 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The credit derivatives market has developed rapidly over the lastten years and is now well established in the banking community andis increasingly making its presence felt in all areas of finance.This book covers the subject from credit bonds, asset swaps andrelated ‘real world’ issues such as liquidity, poordata, and credit spreads, to the latest innovations in portfolioproducts, hedging and risk management techniques. The bookconcentrates on practical issues and develops an understanding ofthe products through applications and detailed analysis of therisks and alternative means of trading. Credit Derivatives: RiskManagement, Trading and Investing provides: A description of the key products, applications, and ananalysis of typical trades including basis trading, hedging, andcredit structuring Analysis of the industry standard ‘default andrecovery’ and Copula models including many examples, and adescription of the models’ shortcomings Tools and techniques for the management of a portfolio or bookof credit risks including appropriate and inappropriate methods ofcorrelation risk management A thorough analysis of counterparty risk An intuitive understanding of credit correlation in reality andin the Copula model The CD in the back of this book includes an Evaluation Versionof Mathcad® 12 Single User Edition, which is reproduced bypermission. This software is a fully-functional trial of Mathcadwhich will expire 30 days from installation. For technical supportor more information see http://www.mathcad.com.

Download or read book Credit Derivatives written by Satyajit Das and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2005-05-09 with total page 824 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The key areas of new/enhanced coverage include: inclusion of latest developments in documentation (the 2003 Credit Derivative Definitions and market developments such as Master Confirmations); and description of developments in structured credit products including: portfolio products; up-front credit default swaps; quanto credit default swaps; credit swaptions; zero recovery credit default swaps; first-to-default swaps/Nth-to-default swaps; asset swaptions/synthetic lending facilities/structured asset swaps; constant maturity credit spread products and constant maturity credit default swaps; credit index products; equity default swaps; increased coverage of credit linked notes including repackaging structures.

Download or read book Handbook of Credit Derivatives written by Jack Clark Francis and published by McGraw-Hill Companies. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For financial professionals, credit derivatives are uniquely powerful tools to manage credit risk--tools that are less costly and more effective than traditional methods. Investors, on the other hand, appreciate the efficiency with which they can use credit derivatives to easily access different sectors of the credit markets. Regardless of your perspective, The Handbook of Credit Derivatives will give you expert knowledge and insights into credit-derivatives, arm you with the latest professional tactics and techniques for pricing and evaluating these versatile securities, and help you get your arms around today's most exciting, rewarding risk management and investment tool. Book jacket.

Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Credit Derivatives written by Alexander Lipton and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the late 1990s, the spectacular growth of a secondary market for credit through derivatives has been matched by the emergence of mathematical modelling analysing the credit risk embedded in these contracts. This book aims to provide a broad and deep overview of this modelling, covering statistical analysis and techniques, modelling of default of both single and multiple entities, counterparty risk, Gaussian and non-Gaussian modelling, and securitisation. Both reduced-form and firm-value models for the default of single entities are considered in detail, with extensive discussion of both their theoretical underpinnings and practical usage in pricing and risk. For multiple entity modelling, the now notorious Gaussian copula is discussed with analysis of its shortcomings, as well as a wide range of alternative approaches including multivariate extensions to both firm-value and reduced form models, and continuous-time Markov chains. One important case of multiple entities modelling - counterparty risk in credit derivatives - is further explored in two dedicated chapters. Alternative non-Gaussian approaches to modelling are also discussed, including extreme-value theory and saddle-point approximations to deal with tail risk. Finally, the recent growth in securitisation is covered, including house price modelling and pricing models for asset-backed CDOs. The current credit crisis has brought modelling of the previously arcane credit markets into the public arena. Lipton and Rennie with their excellent team of contributors, provide a timely discussion of the mathematical modelling that underpins both credit derivatives and securitisation. Though technical in nature, the pros and cons of various approaches attempt to provide a balanced view of the role that mathematical modelling plays in the modern credit markets. This book will appeal to students and researchers in statistics, economics, and finance, as well as practitioners, credit traders, and quantitative analysts

Download or read book Financial Derivatives in Theory and Practice written by Philip Hunt and published by John Wiley and Sons. This book was released on 2004-07-02 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The term Financial Derivative is a very broad term which has come to mean any financial transaction whose value depends on the underlying value of the asset concerned. Sophisticated statistical modelling of derivatives enables practitioners in the banking industry to reduce financial risk and ultimately increase profits made from these transactions. The book originally published in March 2000 to widespread acclaim. This revised edition has been updated with minor corrections and new references, and now includes a chapter of exercises and solutions, enabling use as a course text. Comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of financial derivatives. Discusses and elaborates on the theory of interest rate derivatives, an area of increasing interest. Divided into two self-contained parts ? the first concentrating on the theory of stochastic calculus, and the second describes in detail the pricing of a number of different derivatives in practice. Written by well respected academics with experience in the banking industry. A valuable text for practitioners in research departments of all banking and finance sectors. Academic researchers and graduate students working in mathematical finance.

Download or read book The Credit Default Swap Basis written by Moorad Choudhry and published by Bloomberg Press. This book was released on 2027-06-22 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An up-to-date resource on the intricacies of the credit default swap basis While credit default swaps and credit derivatives are of great concern to many in the field of finance, the Second Edition of The Credit Default Swap Basis does not directly focus on these issues. It is instead about an aspect of CDS behavior, the basis, which is of importance to all users of CDS products. An understanding of the basis is essential to anyone involved in the credit-risky debt capital markets, whether you're an investor, trader, or broker. The credit default swap basis (the basis) defines the relationship between the cash and synthetic credit markets. Finance professionals need to understand the drivers of the basis in order to better undertake investment and value analysis, and for trading purposes. In this updated Second Edition, author Moorad Choudhry, a market practitioner who has published widely in the field of credit derivatives, explores this dynamic discipline and examines the structural changes in the CDS market, including new settlement mechanisms and contract standardization. Along the way, he describes how basis pricing has changed in the aftermath of the financial crisis and what that change means in regard to overall market and trading opportunities. The only book on basis issues of credit default swaps, it provides practitioners with vital information on valuation, credit risk assessment, and basis trading strategies Addresses structural changes to the market, including the introduction of central clearing houses in the U.S. and Europe and standardization of contracts to reduce disputes about payout settlements Covers the close relationship between the synthetic and cash markets in credit, which manifests itself in the credit default swap basis The Credit Default Swap Basis, Second Edition offers invaluable market insights to all financial professionals seeking a deeper understanding of credit derivatives and fixed income securities.

Download or read book Credit Derivatives Pricing Models written by Philipp J. Schönbucher and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2003-10-31 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The credit derivatives market is booming and, for the first time, expanding into the banking sector which previously has had very little exposure to quantitative modeling. This phenomenon has forced a large number of professionals to confront this issue for the first time. Credit Derivatives Pricing Models provides an extremely comprehensive overview of the most current areas in credit risk modeling as applied to the pricing of credit derivatives. As one of the first books to uniquely focus on pricing, this title is also an excellent complement to other books on the application of credit derivatives. Based on proven techniques that have been tested time and again, this comprehensive resource provides readers with the knowledge and guidance to effectively use credit derivatives pricing models. Filled with relevant examples that are applied to real-world pricing problems, Credit Derivatives Pricing Models paves a clear path for a better understanding of this complex issue. Dr. Philipp J. Schönbucher is a professor at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, and has degrees in mathematics from Oxford University and a PhD in economics from Bonn University. He has taught various training courses organized by ICM and CIFT, and lectured at risk conferences for practitioners on credit derivatives pricing, credit risk modeling, and implementation.