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Description of Financial Engineering

Here's a comprehensive , industry-independent exploration of financial engineering - offering you an insightful look inside the revolutionary field that's sweeping the world of corporate, bank and investment finance.

From reviewing the basic building blocks of financial engineering ...to systematically examining the myriad of processes involved in creating innovative financial instruments - turn here for the professional advice you need to custom-tailor solutions to your organization's unique risk management problems.

You'll see it covers the whys, whats, whos - and most importantly the hows - surrounding this emerging discipline, bringing you professional guidance on:

- identifying risk exposures
- developing new products
- applying equity and equity-related instruments and strategies
- building hybrid securities
- and much more

Title Information

ISBN:

9780133125887

Pages:

728 pages

Format:

Hardback

Product Code:

0775

Publisher:

NYIF

Published:

01/01/1970

Edition:

1st Edition

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Contents of Financial Engineering

Section 1: Overview of Financial Engineering
1. An Introduction to Financial Engineering
2. Factors Contributing to the Growth of Financial Engineering
3. The Knowledge Base of the Financial Engineer

Section 2: The Conceptual Tools of the Financial Engineer
4. Valuation Relationships and Applications
5. Measuring Return
6. Risk: Portfolio Considerations, Investment Horizons, Leverage
7. Measuring Risk: Advanced Topics
8. Understanding Interest Rates and Exchange Rates
9. Speculation, Arbitrage and Market Efficiency
10. The Corporate Treasurer's Perspective: Reading Between the Lines

Section 3: 11. Product Development
12. Futures and Forwards
13. Swaps
14. Single Period Options: Calls and Puts
15. Multiperiod Options: Caps, Floors, Collars, Captions, Swaptions, & Compound Options
16. Fixed Income Securities
17. Recent Debt Market Innovations
18. Equity and Equity-Related Instruments
19. Hybrid Securities

Section 4: Financial Engineering Processes and Strategies
20. Asset/Liability Management
21. Hedging and Related Risk Management Techniques
22. Corporate Restructuring and the LBO
23. Arbitrage and Synthetic Instruments
24. Tax-Driven Deals
25. Miscellaneous Equity Based Strategies

Section 5: Future Directions in Financial Engineering
26. Future Trends: Globaliztion and Technology
27. Legal Protections for Innovative Financial Products & Services