Product Description
Techniques for pricing, hedging and trading
The Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Financial Instruments will show you how manage the risk of the complex instruments offered to investors. Sponsored by PRMIA and edited by risk management experts Carol Alexander and Elizabeth Sheedy, this authoritative resource features contributions from eleven global experts who explore the major financial instruments, the valuation methods most appropriate for each, and strategies for assessing the associated market risks.
The Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Financial Instruments offers step-by-step guidance in:
- The main types of bonds
- Futures and forward contracts
- Caps, floors, and interest rate options
- Swaps and swaptions
- Convertible bonds and other hybrid instruments
- Options, including exotic and path dependent pay-offs
- Using instruments for hedging and speculation