Financial Instruments and Markets: A Casebook

Chacko, Financial Instruments and Markets: A Casebook, is a case text or supplement for undergraduate courses in Financial Markets, or Capital Markets.  The course covers bond, equity and foreign exchange markets. There are several texts for these courses, however, they are criticized for not having enough real-world information. This casebook can be used by itself or in addition to a Financial Markets text. This is a book for MBA and upper level undergraduate courses.

George Chacko joined the Harvard Business School Faculty in the Finance Area in 1997. He currently teaches a second-year course on Capital Markets in the MBA Program, and he teaches a Ph.D. course on Asset Pricing that is jointly offered by the Business School and the Harvard Economics Department. He has also taught Corporate Financial Engineering in both the MBA program and the Executive Education program at HBS, as well as a first-year course on Corporate Finance in the MBA program.

Professor Chacko holds a Ph.D. in Business Economics from Harvard University, and dual Master's degrees in Business Economics (Harvard University) and Business Administration (University of Chicago). He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Chacko's experiences prior to HBS have included work at a major financial services firm, and a large consulting firm. He currently consults with with financial institutions ranging from commercial/investment banks and insurance companies to hedge funds.

Professor Chacko's research has focused on three areas: (1) the structure of fixed income markets and the design of instruments that trade in those markets; (2) the study of portfolio choice by individuals and institutions; and (3) the analysis and application of derivative securities.