Swaps and Other Derivatives

"e;Richard Flavell has a strong theoretical perspective on swaps with considerable practical experience in the actual trading of these instruments. This rare combination makes this welcome updated second edition a useful reference work for market practitioners."e; Satyajit Das, author of Swaps and Financial Derivatives Library and Traders and Guns & Money: Knowns and Unknowns in the Dazzling World of Derivatives Fully revised and updated from the first edition, Swaps and Other Derivatives, Second Edition, provides a practical explanation of the pricing and evaluation of swaps and interest rate derivatives. Based on the author s extensive experience in derivatives and risk management, working as a financial engineer, consultant and trainer for a wide range of institutions across the world this book discusses in detail how many of the wide range of swaps and other derivatives, such as yield curve, index amortisers, inflation-linked, cross-market, volatility, diff and quanto diffs, are priced and hedged. It also describes the modelling of interest rate curves, and the derivation of implied discount factors from both interest rate swap curves, and cross-currency adjusted curves. There are detailed sections on the risk management of swap and option portfolios using both traditional approaches and also Value-at-Risk. Techniques are provided for the construction of dynamic and robust hedges, using ideas drawn from mathematical programming. This second edition has expanded sections on the credit derivatives market its mechanics, how credit default swaps may be priced and hedged, and how default probabilities may be derived from a market strip. It also prices complex swaps with embedded options, such as range accruals, Bermudan swaptions and target accrual redemption notes, by constructing detailed numerical models such as interest rate trees and LIBOR-based simulation. There is also increased discussion around the modelling of volatility smiles and surfaces. The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM where all the models are replicated, enabling readers to implement the models in practice with the minimum of effort.

"Richard Flavell has a strong theoretical perspective on swaps withconsiderable practical experience in the actual trading of theseinstruments. This rare combination makes this welcome updatedsecond edition a useful reference work for marketpractitioners."Satyajit Das, author of Swaps and FinancialDerivatives Library and Traders and Guns & Money: Knownsand Unknowns in the Dazzling World of DerivativesFully revised and updated from the first edition, Swaps andOther Derivatives, Second Edition, provides a practicalexplanation of the pricing and evaluation of swaps and interestrate derivatives.Based on the author's extensive experience in derivativesand risk management, working as a financial engineer, consultantand trainer for a wide range of institutions across the world thisbook discusses in detail how many of the wide range of swaps andother derivatives, such as yield curve, index amortisersinflation-linked, cross-market, volatility, diff and quanto diffsare priced and hedged. It also describes the modelling of interestrate curves, and the derivation of implied discount factors fromboth interest rate swap curves, and cross-currency adjustedcurves.There are detailed sections on the risk management of swap andoption portfolios using both traditional approaches and alsoValue-at-Risk. Techniques are provided for the construction ofdynamic and robust hedges, using ideas drawn from mathematicalprogramming.This second edition has expanded sections on the creditderivatives market - its mechanics, how credit default swapsmay be priced and hedged, and how default probabilities may bederived from a market strip. It also prices complex swaps withembedded options, such as range accruals, Bermudan swaptions andtarget accrual redemption notes, by constructing detailed numericalmodels such as interest rate trees and LIBOR-based simulation.There is also increased discussion around the modelling ofvolatility smiles and surfaces.The book is accompanied by a CD-ROM where all the models arereplicated, enabling readers to implement the models in practicewith the minimum of effort.