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Record Nr.

UNINA9910255259203321

Autore

Schofield Neil C

Titolo

Equity Derivatives : Corporate and Institutional Applications / / by Neil C Schofield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017

ISBN

9780230391079

0230391079

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XXIII, 487 p. 274 illus.)

Disciplina

332

Soggetti

Financial services industry

Financial risk management

Financial Services

Risk Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1) Equity Derivatives – The Fundamentals -- Chapter 2) Corporate Actions -- Chapter 3) Equity Valuation -- Chapter 4) Valuation of Equity Derivatives -- Chapter 5) Risk Management of Vanilla Equity Options -- Chapter 6) Volatility and Correlation -- Chapter 7) Barrier and binary Options -- Chapter 8) Correlation-Dependent Exotic Options -- Chapter 9) Equity Forwards and Futures -- Chapter 10) Equity Swaps -- Chapter 11) Investor Applications of Equity Options -- Chapter 12) Structured Equity Products -- Chapter 13) Traded Dividends -- Chapter 14) Trading Volatility -- Chapter 15) Trading Correlation. .

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides thorough coverage of the institutional applications of equity derivatives. It starts with an introduction on stock markets' fundamentals before opening the gate on the world of structured products. Delta-one products and options are covered in detail, providing readers with deep understanding of the use of equity derivatives strategies. The book features most of the traded payoffs and structures and covers all practical aspects of pricing and hedging. The treatment of risks is performed in a very intuitive fashion and



provides the reader with a great overview of how dealers approach such derivatives. The author also delivers various common sensical reasons on which models to use and when. By discussing equity derivatives in a practical, non–mathematical and highly intuitive setting, this book enables practitioners to fully understand and correctly structure, price and hedge these products effectively, and stand strong as the only book in its class to makethese equity-related concepts truly accessible.