Financial Times Handbook of Financial Engineering, The: Using Derivatives to Manage Risk (3rd Edition) (Financial Times Series) - Softcover

Galitz, Lawrence

Softcover

ISBN 10: 027374240X ISBN 13: 9780273742401

Publisher: FT Publishing International, 2013

Synopsis

The Financial Times Handbook of Financial Engineering clearly explains the tools of financial engineering, showing you the formulas behind the tools, illustrating how they are applied, priced and hedged.

All applications in this book are illustrated with fully-worked practical examples, and recommended tactics and techniques are tested using recent data.

About this title

About the Author

Lawrence Galitz is a director and founder of ACF Consultants, a leading provider of financial markets training to major investment banks, central banks, investment institutions and corporations around the world. He is also a director of Acumen Technologies, which produces eLearning and learning management solutions. In these roles he has developed an international reputation both as a dynamic and exceptionally gifted instructor, and also as a writer of great clarity. His innovative blended learning techniques, integrating eLearning and simulation with instructor-led training, create a highly motivating, multi-faceted, learning experience. 

Lawrence Galitz has a PhD in banking and finance and has extensive experience of consulting for a wide range of clients in the global financial markets.

From the Back Cover

Whether you are an experienced hedge fund manager or new to the world of finance, this comprehensive handbook explores all the issues that you really need to know about minimising financial risk and putting the techniques into practice.

The Handbook of Financial Engineering provides a solid and intuitive understanding of the tools used in managing financial risk. It explains the theory behind each instrument and shows you how they are applied, priced and hedged All applications are illustrated with fully-worked examples.

Through its clear and informative style, this fully updated edition of the Financial Times Handbook of Financial Engineering:

• Explains what financial engineering is and discusses the nature of risk
• Gives you a clear overview of the cash markets
• Examines forward exchange rates, FRAs and financial futures
• Explores swaps, options and exotics
• Tells you how to manage all types of financial risk (including currency, interest-rate, equity, commodity and credit risk)
• Adds four new chapters on credit derivatives and structured products
• Introduces new topics like LIBOR-OIS discounting, SEFs, central counterparties, collateralisation, finite-difference pricing, the ISDA CDS pricing model, and many others
• Provides further insight into exotic options, volatility surfaces, delta hedging, and a wide range of swaps
• Discusses the extensive changes brought about by the 2007-2008 credit crisis

From the Inside Flap

The Handbook of Financial Engineering covers:

• The cash markets
• Forward rates and FRAs
• Financial futures
• Swaps (including pricing and valuing)
• Options (including basics and pricing, volatility and portfolios)
• Interest rate and exotic options
• Credit derivatives, CDS pricing and credit indices
• Applications for Financial Engineering
• Managing currency risk
• How to manage interest-rate risk
• Managing equity, commodity and credit risk
• Structured products

Edition details

• Publisher: FT Publishing International
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 027374240X
• ISBN 13: 9780273742401
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 768