Global Repo Markets: Instruments and Applications (Wiley Finance) - Hardcover

Choudhry, Moorad

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470821272 ISBN 13: 9780470821275

Publisher: Wiley, 2004

Synopsis

Repo, from sale and repurchase agreement, is one for the oldest and widely used instruments in global capital markets. It is a vital ingredient in the smooth and efficient running of the financial markets, and is used by all market participants including central banks, commercial banks, fund managers and corporates.

This book is a comprehensive, detailed and authoritative description of the repo instrument. Written by a former repo trader, it covers applications and analysis of the various different instruments used in the repo markets. It also places the repo markets in the overall context of the money markets and banking asset-liability management.

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Repo is a well-established financial instrument and a vital part of maintaining capital market liquidity and efficiency. Repo markets have experienced considerable growth in recent yeras, and repo is traded in both developed and emerging market economies. This book provides a comprehensive description, explanation and analysis of one of the most important instruments in the global money markets today. It includes:

• Trade illustrations, work examples and case studies
• Both bond repo and equity repo
• A detailed study of the futures-bond basis and the implied repo rate
• Market conventions, settlement, legal and accounting issues
• The role of repo in banking asset-liability management
• Written by an experienced repo trader, this book is vital reading for anyone with an involvement in repo and the money markets.

About the Author

Moorad Choudhry is Head of Treasury at KBC Financial Products  in London. He previously worked as a government bond trader at ABN Amro Hoare Govett Limited and Hambros Bank Limited, and in structured finance services at JPMorgan Chase Bank.

Dr. Choudhry is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics, London Metropolitan University, and a Fellow of the Securities Institute in the City of London. He is co-author with Professor Frank Fabozzi of The Global Money Markets

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0470821272
• ISBN 13: 9780470821275
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 300