Equity Derivatives

Corporate and Institutional Applications
2017. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-230-39106-2
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 487 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 961 g

This book provides thorough coverage of the institutional applications of equity derivatives. It starts with an introduction on stock markets' fundamentals before opening the gate on the world of structured products. Delta-one products and options are covered in detail, providing readers with deep understanding of the use of equity derivatives strategies. The book features most of the traded payoffs and structures and covers all practical aspects of pricing and hedging. The treatment of risks is performed in a very intuitive fashion and provides the reader with a great overview of how dealers approach such derivatives. The author also delivers various common sensical reasons on which models to use and when.

By discussing equity derivatives in a practical, non–mathematical and highly intuitive setting, this book enables practitioners to fully understand and correctly structure, price and hedge these products effectively, and stand strong as the only book in its class to makethese equity-related concepts truly accessible.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schofield, Neil C

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Anlagen & Wertpapiere
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Finanzsektor & Finanzdienstleistungen Börse, Rohstoffe

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1) Equity Derivatives – The Fundamentals.- Chapter 2) Corporate Actions.- Chapter 3) Equity Valuation.- Chapter 4) Valuation of Equity Derivatives.- Chapter 5) Risk Management of Vanilla Equity Options.- Chapter 6) Volatility and Correlation.- Chapter 7) Barrier and binary Options.- Chapter 8) Correlation-Dependent Exotic Options.- Chapter 9) Equity Forwards and Futures.- Chapter 10) Equity Swaps.- Chapter 11) Investor Applications of Equity Options.- Chapter 12) Structured Equity Products.- Chapter 13) Traded Dividends.- Chapter 14) Trading Volatility.- Chapter 15) Trading Correlation. 

Über Autor(innen)

Neil C. Schofield is the Managing Director of Financial Markets Training Ltd. and delivers training courses in the areas of treasury, derivatives, capital markets and risk management to financial institutions, central banks and corporations worldwide.

Neil was global head of Financial Markets training at Barclays Capital from 2001 to 2008. He teaches primarily on the rates business, covering all of the major asset classes and their respective derivative products from foreign exchange through to commodities.

Before joining Barclays Capital, he was a director at Chisholm-Roth Training for 4 years, where he was responsible for provision of training services for a number of blue chip global investment banks. He started his training career at Chase Manhattan Bank, where he was originally employed as an internal auditor.

Neil holds a B.Sc. in Economics from Loughborough University, UK, and an MBA from Manchester Business School, UK. He was electedas a Fellow of the IFS School of Finance (formerly the Chartered Institute of Bankers) in 1999.

Neil was appointed as a Visiting Fellow at the University of Reading ICMA Centre, UK, in April, 2007.