{"product_id":"financial-engineering-kolb-9780470455814","title":"Financial Engineering Kolb","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINANCIAL ENGINEERING\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinancial engineering is poised for a great shift in the years ahead. Everyone from investors and borrowers to regulators and legislators will need to determine what works, what doesn''t, and where to go from here. \u003ci\u003eFinancial Engineering\u003c\/i\u003e?part of the Robert W. Kolb Series in Finance?has been designed to help you do just this. Comprised of contributed chapters by distinguished experts from industry and academia, this reliable resource will help you focus on established activities in the field, developing trends and changes, as well as areas of opportunity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDivided into five comprehensive parts, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Engineering\u003c\/i\u003e begins with an informative overview of the discipline, chronicling its complete history and profiling potential career paths. From here, Part II quickly moves on to discuss the evolution of financial engineering in major markets?fixed income, foreign exchange, equities, commodities and credit?and offers important commentary o\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction xi\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTanya Beder and Cara M. Marshall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART I Overview 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The History of Financial Engineering from Inception to Today 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTanya Beder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Careers in Financial Engineering 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpencer Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Profile of Programs and Curricula with a Financial Engineering Component 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Cornish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART II Financial Engineering and the Evolution of Major Markets 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Fixed Income Market 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeruvemba Satish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 The U.S. Mortgage Market 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce McNevin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Equity Market 131\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGary L. Gastineau and John F. Marshall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Foreign Exchange Market 159\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaurent L. Jacque\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Commodity Market 191\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHelen Lu and Cara M. Marshall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Credit Market 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFrank Iacono\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART III Key Applications of Financial Engineering 241\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Securitized Products 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKonstantin Braun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Structured Products 259\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimothy A. Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Thoughts on Retooling Risk Management 273\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTanya Beder and Spencer Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Financial Engineering and Macroeconomic Innovation 289\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCara Marshall and John O’Connell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Independent Valuation for Financially-Engineered Products 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCindy W. Ma and Andrew MacNamara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Quantitative Trading in Equities 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKun Gao\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Systematic Trading in Foreign Exchange 337\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChris Attfield and Mel Mayne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART IV Case Studies in Financial Engineering: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly 367\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Case Studies Introduction 369\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePenny Cagan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Mortgage Case Studies: Countrywide and Northern Rock 373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlgorithmics Software LLC\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Derivatives Case Studies: SocGen, Barings, and Allied Irish\/Allfirst 385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlgorithmics Software LLC\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Fixed Income Case Study, Swap Market: The Allstate Corporation 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlgorithmics Software LLC\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Lessons from Funds: LTCM, Florida, and Orange County 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlgorithmics Software LLC\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Credit Derivatives Case Studies: AIG and 421\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMerrill Lynch\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlgorithmics Software LLC\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART V Special Topics in Financial Engineering 431\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Performance Fees 433\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark P. Kritzman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Musings About Hedging 445\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIra Kawaller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Operational Risk 455\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMonique Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Legal Risk 465\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJordana Krohley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Portable Alpha 487\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTanya Beder and Giovanni Beliossi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 The No-Arbitrage Condition in Financial Engineering: Its Use and Misuse 497\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Aziz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Influencing Financial Innovation: The Management of Systemic Risks and the Role of the Public Sector 521\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTodd Groome, John Kiff, and Paul Mills\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART VI Appendices 547\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA IT Tools for Financial Asset Management and Engineering 549\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB About the Companion Website 569\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Editors 575\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 577\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402336706903,"sku":"9780470455814","price":56.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470455814.jpg?v=1730480104","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/financial-engineering-kolb-9780470455814","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}