Interest Rate Swaps : Valuation, Trading and Processing - gebrauchtes Buch

In little more than a decade, the interest rate swap market has grown from zero to a phenomenal size of nearly $4 trillion. Corporate users in virtually all segments of the economy now find swaps the instrument of choice for a variety of trading, hedging, and funding activities.
Yet the very ease with which they can be adapted in different capacities lends an air of mystery to swaps. Many who have used an interest rate swap to meet a particular goal find that the same instrument was used at another time to meet a very different market need. Thus swaps, despite their convenience and popularity, are still commonly referred to as "complex" or "arcane." Interest Rate Swaps: Valuation, Trading, and Processing dispels the mystery surrounding these versatile tools, showing how they evolved naturally within the international financial marketplace and pointing out the similarities between swaps and more conventional treasury products. Interest Rate Swaps shows that valuation, pricing, and portfolio management of swaps likewise follow the most basic principles of finance.
This coherent overview also focuses on new issues specifically related to swaps, such as accounting and taxation, credit risk and capital adequacy requirement, and systems and back office processing. Presenting each chapter from the point of view of hands-on practitioners in the swap market, Interest Rate Swaps offers a macro to micro format, with each chapter beginning with general background and then gradually moving to operational details; a description of different interest rate swaps and their applications; numerous examples of valuation, accounting, and credit exposure calculation - with a description of the numerical methods used in these areas; a checklist for running a successful swap back office; and reconciliation and control methods between front and back office systems.
Interest Rate Swaps is the first-ever coherent overview of swaps that offers users a full perspective on different aspects of these versatile instruments.