Capital Market Instruments : Analysis and Valuation

Revised and updated guide to some of the most important issues in the capital markets today, with an emphasis on fixed-income instruments. Fundamental concepts in equity market analysis, foreign exchange and money markets are also covered to provide a comprehensive overview. Analysis and valuation techniques are given for practical application.

MOORAD CHOUDHRY is Head of Treasury at Europe Arab Bank PLC. Previously, he worked in investment banking in London, UK and as a gilt-edged market maker at ABN-AMRO Hoare Govett Sterling Bonds Ltd. He is also Visiting Professor at the department of Economics, Finance and International Business, London Metropolitan University. He is a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Mathematical Trading and Finance, CASS Business School, London.
 
DIDIER JOANNAS works at Thomson Reuters. He was previously employed as Investment Banker at SunGard, Hong Kong and as a quantitative analyst and arbitrage trader at ABN-AMRO Hoare Govett Sterling Bonds Ltd.
 
GINO LANDUYT is Head of Treasury Sales at Europe Arab Bank plc in London. Prior to that he was Head of Mid-Cap Institutional Structured Sales at ING Bank in Brussels, and in sales and origination at KBC Bank NV in their Brussels, Frankfurt, New York and London offices.

FRANCIS RICHARD PEREIRA is an investment actuary, specializing in fixed income and alternative investments. Richard has worked for JPMorgan as an Executive Director in the Structured Alternative Investments business area. Prior to this, he was a senior executive within the Fixed Income divisions of Nomura and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. Richard is a qualified Actuary (FIA - Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries) and also qualified as a Chartered Accountant (ACA - Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) at KPMG.
 
ROD PIENAAR works on investment banking systems at UBS Equity Finance in London, UK. He has previously worked in risk management consulting, during which time he provided systems, process and risk consultancy services to a variety of investment banks.