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A comprehensive guide to the essential aspects of financial engineering Divided into four informative parts, this resource puts financial engineering in perspective and gives readers a better understanding of how it can be applied in real-world situations. Readers will gain familiarity with the different players, developments, and products of various markets--from fixed income, equity, and derivatives to foreign exchange--and learn about the role financial engineering has played in each one. Financial engineering is widely accepted around the globe, and this book has the information and insights that will allow readers to enhance their understanding of such a complex field. Part of the Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance, this book will be the essential guide to this complex and ever-evolving topic. Tanya S. Beder (New York, NY) is currently Chairman of SBCC in New York. She has written numerous articles in the financial area that have been published. Cara M. Marshall (Port Jefferson, NY) co-founded Marshall, Tucker & Associates, which has served the financial services industry since the 1980s as a derivatives consulting and financial engineering firm. Robert W. Kolb (Chicago, IL) is the Frank W. Considine Chair of Applied Ethics and Professor of Finance at Loyola University, Chicago.

Table of Contents:
Introduction (Tanya Beder and Cara Marshall). Part I: Overview. Chapter 1: The History of Financial Engineering from Inception to Today (Tanya Beder). Chapter 2: Careers in Financial Engineering (Spencer Jones). Chapter 3: A Profile of Programs and Curricula with a Financial Engineering Component (John Cornish). Part II: Financial Engineering and the Evolution of Major Markets. Chapter 4: The Fixed Income Market (Peruvemba Satish). Chapter 5: The U.S. Mortgage Market (Bruce McNevin). Chapter 6: The Equity Market (Gary L. Gastineau and John F. Marshall). Chapter 7: The Foreign Exchange Market (Laurent L. Jacque). Chapter 8: The Commodity Market (Helen Lu and Cara M. Marshall). Chapter 9: The Credit Market (Frank Iacono). Part III: Key Applications of Financial Engineering. Chapter 10: Securitized Products (Konstantin Braun). Chapter 11: Structured Products (Timothy A. Day). Chapter 12: Thoughts on Retooling Risk Management (Tanya Beder and Spencer Jones). Chapter 13: Financial Engineering and Macroeconomic Innovation (Cara Marshall and John O'Connell). Chapter 14: Independent Valuation for Financially Engineered Products (Cindy Ma and Andrew MacNamara). Chapter 15: Quantitative Trading in Equities (Kun Gao). Chapter 16: Quantitative Trading in Foreign Currencies (Chris Attfield and Mel Mayne). Part IV: Case Studies in Financial Engineering. Chapter 17: Case Studies Introduction (Penny Cagan). Chapter 18: Mortgage Case Studies: Countrywide and Northern Rock (Algorithmics Software LLC). Chapter 19: Derivatives Case Studies: SocGen, Barings, and Allied Irish/Allfirst (Algorithmics Software LLC). Chapter 20: Fixed Income Case Study, Swap Market: The Allstate Corporation (Algorithmics Software LLC). Chapter 21: Lessons from Funds: LTCM, Florida, and Orange County (Algorithmics Software LLC). Chapter 22: Credit Derivatives Case Studies: AIG and Merrill Lynch (Algorithmics Software LLC). Part V: Special Topics in Financial Engineering. Chapter 23: Performance Fees (Mark P. Kritzman Chapter 24: Musings about Hedging (Ira Kawaller). Chapter 25: Operational Risk (Monique Miller). Chapter 26: Legal Risk (Jordana Krohley). Chapter 27: Portable Alpha (Tanya Beder and Giovanni Beliossi). Chapter 28: The No-Arbitrage Condition in Financial Engineering: Its Use and Misuse (Andrew Aziz). Chapter 29: Influencing Financial Innovation: The Management of Systemic Risks and the Role of the Public Sector (Todd Groome, John Kiff, and Paul Mills). Part VI: Appendices. Appendix A: IT Tools for Financial Asset Management and Engineering (Lucas Bernard). Appendix B: About the Companion Website. About the Editors. Index.

About the Author :
Tanya S. Beder is Chairman of SBCC in New York. She has clients around the world and is a featured speaker in the areas of risk management, structured securities, strategy, governance and financial forensics. Beder is on the Board of Directors of American Century Mutual Funds, the National Board of Mathematics and Their Applications and is an Appointed Fellow of the International Center for Finance at Yale University. Previously, she was CEO of Tribeca, a $3 billion multi-strategy hedge fund and Managing Director of Caxton, a $10 billion investment firm. Beder is widely published, including in The Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal, and Harvard Business Review. Her degrees are from Harvard and Yale Universities. Cara M. Marshall is a professor of finance and risk management at Queens College of the City University of New York and consults to the financial services community as a training consultant. She has been published in the Global Finance Journal and contributed to Financial Derivatives: Pricing and Risk Management (also published by Wiley).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781118266854
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Height: 250 mm
  • No of Pages: 616
  • Weight: 666 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1118266854
  • Publisher Date: 04 Jan 2012
  • Binding: Other digital
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 150 mm


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