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The trade lifecycle : behind the scenes of the trading process / Robert Baker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Baker, Robert P., 1966- author.
- Series:
- Wiley finance series.
- Wiley Finance Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Commodity exchanges.
- Commercial products.
- Risk.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st edition
- Place of Publication:
- West Sussex, England : Wiley, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Every person working in an investment bank or hedge fund has a large part of his work connected to the lifecycle of a trade. It is the glue by which all the departments are bound and the aggregated success or failure of each trade determines the survival and growth of the entire organization. Trading has evolved from a humble apple grower wanting a stable price for his produce come harvest time, to a complex and exciting industry comprising a significant share of the global economy, and more recently, taking a hand in saving it. It is the fundamental activity of investment banks, hedge funds,
- Contents:
- The Trade Lifecycle; Contents; Preface; Author's Note; Acknowledgements; PART I PRODUCTS AND THE BACKGROUND TO TRADING; 1 Trading; 2 Risk; 3 Asset Classes; 4 Derivatives, Structures and Hybrids; 5 Credit Derivatives; 6 Liquidity, Price and Leverage; PART II THE TRADE LIFECYCLE; 7 Anatomy of a Trade; 8 Lifecycle; 9 Cashflows and Asset Holdings; 10 Risk Management; 11 Market Risk Control; 12 Counterparty Risk Control; 13 Accounting; 14 P&L Attribution; PART III SYSTEMS AND PROCEDURES; 15 People; 16 Developing Processes for New Products (and Improving Processes for Existing Products)
- 17 New Products18 Systems; 19 Testing; 20 Data; 21 Reports; 22 Calculation; 23 Mathematical Model and Systems Validation; 24 Regulatory, Legal and Compliance; 25 Business Continuity Planning; PART IV WHAT CAN GO WRONG, THE CREDIT CRISIS; 26 Credit Derivatives and the Crisis of 2007; Appendix: Summary of Risks; Recommended Reading; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612939532
- 9781119205982
- 1119205980
- 9780470971604
- 0470971606
- 9781282939530
- 128293953X
- 9780470667385
- 0470667389
- OCLC:
- 700687388
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