Risk Transfer

Based on an enormously popular "e;derivative instruments and applications"e; course taught by risk expert Christopher Culp at the University of Chicago, Risk Transfer will prepare both current practitioners and students alike for many of the issues and problems they will face in derivative markets. Filled with in-depth insight and practical advice, this book is an essential resource for those who want a comprehensive education and working knowledge of this major field in finance, as well as professionals studying to pass the GARP FRM exam. Christopher L. Culp, PhD (Chicago, IL), is a Principal at CP Risk Management LLC and is also Adjunct Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Corporate Aftershock (0-471-43002-1) and The ART of Risk Management (0-471-12495-8).

Based on an enormously popular "derivative instruments andapplications" course taught by risk expert Christopher Culp at theUniversity of Chicago, Risk Transfer will prepare both currentpractitioners and students alike for many of the issues andproblems they will face in derivative markets. Filled with in-depthinsight and practical advice, this book is an essential resourcefor those who want a comprehensive education and working knowledgeof this major field in finance, as well as professionals studyingto pass the GARP FRM exam.Christopher L. Culp, PhD (Chicago, IL), is a Principal at CPRisk Management LLC and is also Adjunct Professor of Finance at theUniversity of Chicago. He is the author of Corporate Aftershock(0-471-43002-1) and The ART of Risk Management (0-471-12495-8).

Preface: The Demonization of Derivatives.Introduction and Structure of the Book.Mathematical Notation.PART ONE: The Economics of Risk Transfer.CHAPTER 1: The Determinants of Financial Innovation.CHAPTER 2: Risk, Uncertainty, and Profit.CHAPTER 3: Methods of Controlling Risk and Uncertainty.CHAPTER 4: Risk Transfer and Contracting Structures.CHAPTER 5: The Evolution of Derivatives Activity.CHAPTER 6: Derivatives Trading, Clearance, and Settlement.PART TWO: Derivatives Valuation and Asset Lending.CHAPTER 7: Principles of Derivatives Valuation.CHAPTER 8: Own Rates of Interest and the Cost of CarryModel.CHAPTER 9: The Supply of Storage and the Term Structure ofForward Prices.CHAPTER 10: The Term Structure of Interest Rates.CHAPTER 11: Basis Relations and Spreads.PART THREE: Speculation and Hedging.CHAPTER 12: Speculation and the Speculative Risk Premium.CHAPTER 13: Hedging Objectives.CHAPTER 14: Hedge Ratios.CHAPTER 15: Quality Basis Risk.CHAPTER 16: Calendar Basis Risk.PART FOUR: Appendixes.APPENDIX 1: Economic Theory and Equilibrium.APPENDIX 2: Derivation of the Fundamental Value Equation.APPENDIX 3: Relation between the Cost of Carry Model and theFundamental Value Equation.References.Index.