By
Moorad Choudhry, Head of Treasury, KBC Financial Products (UK) Limited
Description
The Bond and Money Markets: Strategy, Trading, Analysis explains and analyses all aspects of the bond and money markets and is both an
introduction for newcomers and an advanced text for experienced market practitioners and graduate students. Those with experience of
the industry at all levels will find the book invaluable as a standard reference work.
The book features coverage of:
* Government
and Corporate bonds, Eurobonds, callable bonds, convertibles
* Asset-backed bonds including mortgages and CDOs
* Derivative instruments
including bond futures, swaps, options, structured products, and option valuation models
* Interest-rate risk, duration analysis, convexity,
and the convexity bias
* The money markets, repo markets, basis trading, and asset / liability management
* Term structure models,
estimating and interpreting the yield curve
* Portfolio management, including total return framework, portfolio strategies, and constructing
bond indices
and valuable insight into:
* Trading and hedging strategy
* Charting and technical analysis
* The latest market
developments, such as value-at-risk, and credit derivatives
* Emerging markets and the benefits of international investment
The Bond
and Money Markets: Strategy, Trading, Analysis is aimed at a wide readership including bond salespersons, traders, corporate financiers
and graduate trainees, as well as risk managers, operations professionals and business analysts. Other market participants including
fund managers, corporate treasurers, management consultants, regulators and financial journalists will also find the content useful.
Audience:
Professionals in Financial Services including Investment Bankers, Traders, Structured Financiers, Research Analysts, Fund Managers, Corporate
Treasurers. As a reference book for students studying for Business and Finance related postgraduate degrees;
