Credit Derivatives and Credit Linked Notes (Wiley Finance) - Hardcover

Das, Satyajit

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471840319 ISBN 13: 9780471840312

Publisher: Wiley, 2000

Synopsis

An updated and enhanced look at the management and trading of credit risk in terms of the markets, regulations, and nature of the product

Credit derivatives have emerged as a significant area in global derivatives and risk management practice. These instruments have begun to revolutionize the management of credit risk in banking and capital markets. This book clearly explains how to structure and apply these products to solve risk management problems as well as how to price and value these instruments. Readers will find the Second Edition completely up-to-date with the latest information in the field. New topics have been added, including credit-linked notes, pricing models, default statistics, credit portfolio management, regulatory framework for credit derivatives, and market developments and prospects. This edition reflects the rapid evolution in the market and new contributors provide additional insight that readers will find beneficial.

Satyajit Das (Singapore) is the author of several key financial books including Swap Financing; Swaps and Financial Derivatives: The Global Reference to Products, Pricing, Applications and Markets; and Exotic Options.

About this title

From the Publisher

Credit derivatives has emerged as an area of significant interest in global derivatives and risk management practice. These instruments promise to revolutionize the management of credit risk in banking and capital markets, furthering the enhancement of liquidity of and trading in counterparty credit risk. This book offers an excellent overview of this rapidly expanding market.

From the Inside Flap

Credit Derivatives offers comprehensive coverage of this increasingly popular investment and risk management instrument. The book addresses topics such as the products and their applications; pricing and valuation issues; mathematical models; default estimation models; default rates; risks of rating revisions; documentation and legal issues; and accounting and taxation implications. The book includes:

• coverage of all major credit derivatives structures
• detailed explanations of structures
• examples of applications
• pricing approaches and models
• implications of credit derivatives for banking and credit management generally

Credit Derivatives is designed to focus on a broader audience and explains, using detailed examples, how to structure and apply these products to solve risk management problems as well as how to price and value these instruments. Other Contributors Claude Brown, Senior Lawyer, Derivatives Group, Clifford Chance, London, UK. Dana Lieberman, Associate Analyst, Moody’s Investors Service, NY, USA. Greg Gupton Vice President, Morgan Guaranty Trust Company, NY, USA (a subsidiary of JP Morgan). Haydn Stedman, Vice President, Cross Markets and Exotic Options, Citibank, Sydney, Australia. Jerome S. Fons, Managing Director, Banking and Sovereign Group, Moody’s Investors Service, NY, USA. Lea Carty, VP and Senior Analyst, Moody’s Investors Service, NY, USA. Nels Anderson, VP and Senior Analyst, Moody’s Investors Service, London, UK. Peter Crosbie, Managing Director, Research and Development, KMV Corporation, San Francisco, USA. Robert Reoch, Managing Director and Global Head, Credit Derivatives, Bank of America, San Francisco, USA. and Price Waterhouse

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471840319
• ISBN 13: 9780471840312
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 940