
- 460 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This book discusses important aspects of fixed income securities in emerging economies.
Key features
• Clarifies all conceptual and analytical aspects of fixed income securities and bonds, and covers important interest rate and credit derivative instruments in a simple and practical way.
• Examines topics such as classifications of fixed income instruments; related risk-return measures; yield curve and term structure of interest rates; interest rate derivatives (forwards, futures and swaps), credit derivatives (credit default swaps); and trading strategies and risk management.
• Provides step-by-step explanation of fixed income products by including real-life examples, scenarios and cases, especially in the context of emerging markets.
• Presents consistent reference of actual market practices to make the chapters practice oriented while maintaining a lucid style complemented by adequate reading inputs and clear learning outcomes.
• Includes complete solutions of numericals and cases for all chapters as an eResource on the Routledge website to aid understanding.
The book will serve as a ready guide to both professionals from banking and finance industry (fixed income/bond dealers; fund/investment/portfolio managers; investment bankers; financial analysts/consultants; risk management specialists), and those in academics, including students, research scholars, and teachers in the fields of business management, banking, insurance, finance, financial economics, business economics, and risk management.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Case studies
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- 1 Fixed income securities market: an overview
- 2 Fixed income instruments: various classifications
- 3 Basic statistics
- 4 Risk and return measures
- 5 Term structures of interest rates
- 6 Pricing and valuation techniques
- 7 Interest rate sensitivity measures
- 8 Financial derivative contracts
- 9 Interest rate futures
- 10 Forward rate agreement and interest rate swaps
- 11 Interest rate options and structured products
- 12 Credit default swaps
- 13 Trading and management strategies
- 14 Risk management (focus: market risk)
- Glossary
- Index