Professional Risk Manager's Guide to Financial Instruments

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 speculationAlexander, Carol is the author of 'Professional Risk Manager's Guide to Financial Instruments', published 2008 under ISBN 9780071546492 and ISBN 0071546499.