Understanding Swaps
1st Edition
Published on 19. November 1993
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-0-471-30827-0 (ISBN)
Description
From plain vanilla swaps to swaptions to circus swaps here s themost comprehensive, practical introduction to the global world ofswaps Understanding Swaps Financial personnel, corporate treasurersand professional cash managers seeking a practical, hands-onintroduction to swaps sophisticated financial instruments usedglobally to control interest payments, manage debt, and enhanceinvestment portfolios need look no further than UnderstandingSwaps.
"Jack Marshall and Ken Kapner have done a superb job of providing acomplete, easy-to-read primer to derivative products. Using clearlanguage and concise examples, it lays out the world of swaps forthe practitioner, student, accountant, lawyer or regulator." RobertJ. Schwartz EUP and Chief Operating Officer Mitsubishi CapitalMarkets, Inc.
"Marshall and Kapner have produced an exceptionally cogentdescription and analysis of the swaps market along with itsessential technical and theoretical underpinnings. This book shouldbe number one on the reading list for any student or practitionerof contemporary financial techniques." J. Michael Payte SeniorManaging Director Bear Sterns & Co., Inc.
"Understanding Swaps details the complete world of swaps: thebasics (interest rate and currency swaps), the vogue (equity andcommodity swaps), and the future (macroeconomic swaps). Indeed,Understanding Swaps is the book I would recommend to someone for acomprehensive and very readable primer on swaps." Carolyn JacksonFirst Vice President Banque Indosuez
"Jack Marshall and Ken Kapner have done a superb job of providing acomplete, easy-to-read primer to derivative products. Using clearlanguage and concise examples, it lays out the world of swaps forthe practitioner, student, accountant, lawyer or regulator." RobertJ. Schwartz EUP and Chief Operating Officer Mitsubishi CapitalMarkets, Inc.
"Marshall and Kapner have produced an exceptionally cogentdescription and analysis of the swaps market along with itsessential technical and theoretical underpinnings. This book shouldbe number one on the reading list for any student or practitionerof contemporary financial techniques." J. Michael Payte SeniorManaging Director Bear Sterns & Co., Inc.
"Understanding Swaps details the complete world of swaps: thebasics (interest rate and currency swaps), the vogue (equity andcommodity swaps), and the future (macroeconomic swaps). Indeed,Understanding Swaps is the book I would recommend to someone for acomprehensive and very readable primer on swaps." Carolyn JacksonFirst Vice President Banque Indosuez
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
624 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-30827-0 (9780471308270)
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Persons
JOHN F. MARSHALL is Senior Partner of Marshall & Associates, aNew York-based financial engineering and consulting firm. He iswidely known for his introduction of new swap derivatives andwidely used futures portfolio models. He is a professor of financeat St. John?s University, and serves as Executive Director of theInternational Association of Financial Engineers. He is the authorof Financial Engineering: A Guide to the Development and Use ofDerivative Products and coauthor, along with Kenneth Kapner, ofThe Swaps Handbook: Swaps and Related Risk ManagementInstrument.
KENNETH R. KAPNER is Treasury Training Manager for The Hong Kongand Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. A frequent user of swapsfor the hedging of his bank?s positions, he has extensive tradingexperience in both the foreign exchange and money markets.
KENNETH R. KAPNER is Treasury Training Manager for The Hong Kongand Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited. A frequent user of swapsfor the hedging of his bank?s positions, he has extensive tradingexperience in both the foreign exchange and money markets.
Content
An Overview and Brief History of the Swaps Markets.
The Generic Swap Structure.
Interest Rate Swaps.
Currency Swaps.
Commodity Swaps and Equity Swaps.
Swaps, Structured Solutions, and Financial Engineering.
The Pricing of Interest Rate Swaps.
Managing a Swap Portfolio.
Hedging Business Cycle Risk: The Next Major Wave inDerivatives?.
Glosssary.
Answers to Review Questions.
Index.
The Generic Swap Structure.
Interest Rate Swaps.
Currency Swaps.
Commodity Swaps and Equity Swaps.
Swaps, Structured Solutions, and Financial Engineering.
The Pricing of Interest Rate Swaps.
Managing a Swap Portfolio.
Hedging Business Cycle Risk: The Next Major Wave inDerivatives?.
Glosssary.
Answers to Review Questions.
Index.