Managing Financial Risk: A Guide to Derivative Products, Financial Engineering, and Value Maximization
3rd Edition
Published on 16. July 1998
Book
Hardback
620 pages
978-0-07-059354-1 (ISBN)
Description
The established leading authority in risk management - completely updated. For years, financial executives and risk managers have recognized Charles Smithson's "Managing Financial Risk" as the authoritative source for comprehensive coverage of risk management products. While other books may touch on specific strategies and products, "Managing Financial Risk" stands alone in exploring derivatives and risk management from all angles, providing trusted guidance to both the sell and the buy sides. "Managing Financial Risk, 3rd Edition", updates and expands this indispensable resource.Combining a comprehensive explanation of forwards, futures, swaps, options, and hybrid securities with the latest technologies for effectively managing financial risk, this authoritative and insightful edition now includes: a look at recent innovations in the risk management marketplace, including electricity derivatives and featuring credit derivatives - the newest of the risk management products; explanation of implementing a risk management program; new coverage on the effective use of risk management by institutional investors and financial institutions; an expanded discussion of the way a dealer measures and manages the credit and market risk associated with derivatives - a discussion that includes a clear exposition of 'value-at-risk'.
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Series
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
100 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 185 mm
Thickness: 49 mm
Weight
1372 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-059354-1 (9780070593541)
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Previous edition
Charles W. Smithson | etc.
Managing Financial Risk
A Guide to Derivative Products, Financial Engineering and Value Maximization
Book
04/1994
2nd Edition
McGraw-Hill Education / Australia
€66.79
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Person
Charles Smithson is a managing director and head of the CIBC School of Financial Products. In addition to his work in the private sector, Mr. Smithson has held positions in academe and the U.S. Government. He served as a member of the Working Group for the widely recognized Groups of Thirty Derivatives Project and currently serves on the boards of directors of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) and the International Association of Financial Engineers. Mr. Smithson has written articles for academic journals on subjects ranging from labor market discrimination to product liability to financial engineering. His other books include The Doomsday Myth, Managerial Economics, The Economics of Mineral Extraction, and The Handbook of Financial Engineering.
Content
The Evolution of Risk Management Products. An Overview of the Risk Management Process. Impact of the Introduction of the Risk Management Products. Forward Contracts. Applications of Forwards. Futures.Applications of Futures. Swaps. Applications of Swaps. A Primer on Options. First-Generation Options. Applications of Options.Second-Generation Options. Engineering ``New'' Risk Management Products. Hybrid Securities. The Dealer's Perspective. Measuring and Managing Default Risk. Managing Price Risk in a Portfolio of Derivatives. Risk Governance. Risk Management and the Value of a Nonfinancial Firm. Measuring a Nonfinancial Firm's Exposure to Financial Price Risk. Implementing a Risk Management Program. Uses of Risk Management Products by Banks and Other Financial Institutions.Uses of Risk Management Products by Institutional Investors.