The professional risk managers' handbook Series 1 : A Guide to Financial Markets

The Professional Risk Managers' Guide to Financial Markets examines how financial risk management takes place in the world's major financial markets. Featuring contributions by financial leaders from around the world, this unique reference helps you to protect investments as it relates to the specifics of each sector, and takes you step-by-step through pertinent markets, including:Money--securities with governments and corporations; and the repo market for borrowing or lending on a secured basisBond--government, agency, corporate, and municipal bonds; bond markets in major countries; and international bond marketsForeign Exchange--quotation conventions, brokers, cross rates, theories of exchange rates, central bank policies, forward rates, currency swapsStock--types, market indices, liquidation, dividends, dividend-based stock valuation; primary and secondary markets, market mechanics, and options on stocksFutures--the main exchange-traded markets, options, specifications of contracts, the use of futures for hedging, market-to-market procedures, expiration conventions, and market participantsCommodities--the spot market; commodity forwards; futures; delivery and settlement; price term structure; short squeezes; and regulations

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0976609762
• ISBN13: 9780976609766
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: PRMIA Publications