The Professional Risk Manager's Guide to Financial Instruments (Prmia Professional Risk Management) - Hardcover

Professional Risk Managers' International Association (Prmia), N/A

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071546499 ISBN 13: 9780071546492

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2008

Synopsis

An invaluable resource for professionals who are ready to plunge into the heady world of hedge funds

The Professional Risk Managers Guide to Financial Instruments provides an invaluable primer into navigating the complex and profitable area of hedge funds, with detailed descriptions of the major financial instruments, the valuation methods most appropriate for each, market risks, price drivers and their variables, and the professionals who participate in each.

With the insights of an international group of investment professionals and thinkers, this book covers the most active financial instruments, giving investors that invaluable edge in this high-risk, highly popular field.

About this title

Synopsis:

Manage financial and investment risk on a global scale with the very best in the field. Announcing the Partnership of McGraw-Hill and The Professional Risk Manager's International Association. Made up of the world's leading risk management scholars and practitioners, The Professional Risk Manager's International Association (PRMIA) is the higher standard for risk professionals in the development of new techniques and best practices for effectively managing financial and investment risk. McGraw-Hill and PRMIA have joined together to bring you the most up-to-date, global reference materials on risk management available anywhere. Each title applies risk management to specific fields in the industry, allowing you to stay on the cutting edge of your profession, and maximize opportunities as they come.An invaluable resource for when you're ready to plunge into the heady world of hedge funds, "The Professional Risk Managers Guide to Financial Instruments" provides an invaluable primer into navigating the complex and profitable area of hedge funds, with detailed descriptions of the major financial instruments, the valuation methods most appropriate for each, market risks, price drivers and their variables, and the professionals who participate in each.

With the insights of an international group of investment professionals and thinkers, this book covers the most active financial instruments, giving you that invaluable edge in this high-risk, highly popular field.

From the Back Cover:

Techniques for pricing, hedging and trading

The Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Financial Instruments will show you how manage the risk of the complex instruments offered to investors. Sponsored by PRMIA and edited by risk management experts Carol Alexander and Elizabeth Sheedy, this authoritative resource features contributions from eleven global experts who explore the major financial instruments, the valuation methods most appropriate for each, and strategies for assessing the associated market risks.

The Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Financial Instruments offers step-by-step guidance in:

• The main types of bonds
• Futures and forward contracts
• Caps, floors, and interest rate options
• Swaps and swaptions
• Convertible bonds and other hybrid instruments
• Options, including exotic and path dependent pay-offs
• Using instruments for hedging and speculation

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0071546499
• ISBN 13: 9780071546492
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400