A Concise Introduction to Financial Derivatives
eBook - ePub

A Concise Introduction to Financial Derivatives

  1. 218 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

A Concise Introduction to Financial Derivatives

About this book

A Concise Introduction to Financial Derivatives seeks to present financial derivatives in a manner that requires minimal mathematical background. Readers will obtain, in a quick and engaging way, a working knowledge of the field and a collection of practical working insights. The book is ideal for aspiring young practitioners, advanced undergraduates, and masters-level students who require a concise and practice-led introduction to financial derivatives.

Features:

• Practical insights and modelling skills

• Accessible to practitioners and students without a significant mathematical background

Eben Maré holds responsibility for absolute return portfolio management and has been working in the financial markets for the last 33 years. He has also held senior roles in risk management, treasury, derivatives trading, and asset management. He has a PhD in Applied Mathematics and is an associate professor in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Pretoria in South Africa. He has wide research interests in financial derivatives, asset management, and financial markets.

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Information

Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781040155196
Edition
0
Subtopic
Finance

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Half Title page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. List of Symbols
  10. List of Abbreviations
  11. Chapter 1 Markets
  12. Chapter 2 Market Players
  13. Chapter 3 Rates
  14. Chapter 4 Derivatives
  15. Chapter 5 Option Strategies
  16. Chapter 6 Basic Option Bounds
  17. Chapter 7 Relations Between Options
  18. Chapter 8 Binomial Pricing Model: I
  19. Chapter 9 Binomial Pricing Model: II
  20. Chapter 10 Option Values: I
  21. Chapter 11 Option Values: II
  22. Chapter 12 Black–Scholes PDE
  23. Chapter 13 Perpetual Options
  24. Chapter 14 Application: Corporate Credit
  25. Chapter 15 Greeks
  26. Chapter 16 Exotic Derivatives
  27. Chapter 17 Model Validation Process
  28. Chapter 18 Risk
  29. References
  30. Index