"Credit risk management and portfolio decisions on credit assets have become far more complex and controversial in recent years. Tony Saunders has written an important cogent summary and analysis of the various new models that have emerged in recent years to tackle these complexities. Never has this type of analysis been more relevant - a must read for credit practitioners, banking regulators, and researchers of financial institutions and markets."

Overall the book brings together a very interesting collection of up to date thoughts and techniques on credit risk management. The final section provides a more practical guide written by leading figures in the industry.

· Fully updated version of text formerly used for training by BPP· Diagramatic representation of deal structures, pricing and modeling· Full glossary of terms· International perspective, examples is US$· Clear logical explanation of processes, markets, and productsAs the foreign exchange markets have developed and grown, more sophisticated financial instruments have been devised. This book is a highly practical introduction to futures, options, and the futures market as a whole. It explains how the markets operate and unravels a futures co…

A guide to techniques and developments for managing derivative credit risk. This second edition has been updated, and contains six new chapters on key areas such as the credit risk of credit derivatives, problems of asset allocation, modelling and simulation and credit default swaps.

This new project will draw heavily on the author's previous work on derivative securities (published by McGraw-Hill): Options and Financial Futures. Because of increasing interest in the use (and misuse) of derivative securities in portfolio management, new courses have emerged that are called "risk management," but are primarily based on valuation and application of derivatives. Derivatives: Valuation and Risk Management will be reorganized in three parts: 1) Introduction to the securities and their use, 2) pricing of futures, swaps (new) and…

This book focuses on the latest developments in the Asia Pacific community in terms of how deregulation and privatisation are bringing more risk to energy companies. In the light of these market changes, interest in energy risk management has grown substantially and is becoming a fiduciary responsibility of energy companies. As energy trading, power exchanges and hedging techniques establish themselves in the oil, power and gas sectors, so then do newer derivatives markets emerge in LNG hedging, weather derivatives and freight hedging. Fusaro a…

"Energy Price Risk" was inspired by the courses Tom James has been running in global energy and commodities trading and price risk management. It is the practitioner's guide to optimizing company performance using the correct price risk strategies and tools. Based on the author's experience in the commodity derivatives industry, it comprehensively covers the full spectrum of the energy complex, including crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas, LPG/LNG and electricity. Using many worked examples, this book offers practical insights and solut…

Enterprise risk management is a complex yet critical issue that all companies must deal with as they head into the twenty-first century. It empowers you to balance risks with rewards as well as people with processes. But to master the numerous aspects of enterprise risk management, you must first realize that this approach is not only driven by sound theory but also by sound practice. No one knows this better than risk management expert James Lam. In Enterprise Risk Management: From Incentives to Controls, Lam distills twenty years' worth of ex…

Authoritative discourse on tick analysis In this unique collection, Pierre Lequeux has brought together a highly experienced group of practitioners and academics to produce a readable, yet detailed handbook of the very latest thinking and market methodologies in analyzing stock market prices and movements. Real world practice is expertly combined with rigorous research to make Financial Markets Tick by Tick an essential tool for those involved in risk management decisions and forecasting prices.

· Worked examples illustrating key points· Explanation of complex or obscure terms· Full glossary of termsThe titles in this series, all previously published by BPP Training, are now available in entirely updated and reformatted editions. Each offers an international perspective on a particular aspect of risk management.Topics covered by this title include FRA rates, using FRAs ,what are futures? Short term interest-rate futures and bond futures, market trading, clearing, and settlement and closing positions.