Author: Kristian R. Miltersen
Publisher:
ISBN:
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Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Author: Iain J. Clark
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444362410
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Commodity Option Pricing: A Practitioner’s Guide covers commodity option pricing for quantitative analysts, traders or structurers in banks, hedge funds and commodity trading companies. Based on the author’s industry experience with commodity derivatives, this book provides a thorough and mathematical introduction to the various market conventions and models used in commodity option pricing. It introduces the various derivative products typically traded for commodities and describes how these models can be calibrated and used for pricing and risk management. This book has been developed with input from traders and features examples using real-world data, together with relevant up-to-date academic research. This book includes practical descriptions of market conventions and quote codes used in commodity markets alongside typical products seen in broker quotes and used in calibration. Also discussed are commodity models and their mathematical derivation and volatility surface modelling for traded commodity derivatives. Gold, silver and other precious metals are addressed, including gold forward and gold lease rates, as well as copper, aluminium and other base metals, crude oil and natural gas, refined energy and electricity. There are also sections on the products encountered in commodities such as crack spread and spark spread options and alternative commodities such as carbon emissions, weather derivatives, bandwidth and telecommunications trading, plastics and freight. Commodity Option Pricing is ideal for anyone working in commodities or aiming to make the transition into the area, as well as academics needing to familiarize themselves with the industry conventions of the commodity markets.

Author: John Hull
Publisher: Pearson Higher Education AU
ISBN: 1486013686
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 577

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This first Australasian edition of Hull’s bestselling Fundamentals of Futures and Options Markets was adapted for the Australian market by a local team of respected academics. Important local content distinguishes the Australasian edition from the US edition, including the unique financial instruments commonly traded on the Australian securities and derivatives markets and their surrounding conventions. In addition, the inclusion of Australasian and international business examples makes this text the most relevant and useful resource available to Finance students today. Hull presents an accessible and student-friendly overview of the topic without the use of calculus and is ideal for those with a limited background in mathematics. Packed with numerical examples and accounts of real-life situations, this text effectively guides students through the material while helping them prepare for the working world. For undergraduate and post-graduate courses in derivatives, options and futures, financial engineering, financial mathematics, and risk management.

Author: Jiuping Xu
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3662472414
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1559

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This is the Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM) held from July 21-23, 2015 at Karlsruhe, Germany. The goals of the conference are to foster international research collaborations in Management Science and Engineering Management as well as to provide a forum to present current findings. These proceedings cover various areas in management science and engineering management. It focuses on the identification of management science problems in engineering and innovatively using management theory and methods to solve engineering problems effectively. It also establishes a new management theory and methods based on experience of new management issues in engineering. Readers interested in the fields of management science and engineering management will benefit from the latest cutting-edge innovations and research advances presented in these proceedings and will find new ideas and research directions. A total number of 132 papers from 15 countries are selected for the proceedings by the conference scientific committee through rigorous referee review. The selected papers in the first volume are focused on Intelligent System and Management Science covering areas of Intelligent Systems, Logistics Engineering, Information Technology and Risk Management. The selected papers in the second volume are focused on Computing and Engineering Management covering areas of Computing Methodology, Project Management, Industrial Engineering and Decision Making Systems.

Author: M. A. H. Dempster
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1000784045
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 864

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Since a major source of income for many countries comes from exporting commodities, price discovery and information transmission between commodity futures markets are key issues for continued economic development. Commodities: Fundamental Theory of Futures, Forwards, and Derivatives Pricing, Second Edition covers the fundamental theory of and derivatives pricing for major commodity markets, as well as the interaction between commodity prices, the real economy, and other financial markets. After a thoroughly updated and extensive theoretical and practical introduction, this new edition of the book is divided into five parts – the fifth of which is entirely new material covering cutting-edge developments. Oil Products considers the structural changes in the demand and supply for hedging services that are increasingly determining the price of oil Other Commodities examines markets related to agricultural commodities, including natural gas, wine, soybeans, corn, gold, silver, copper, and other metals Commodity Prices and Financial Markets investigates the contemporary aspects of the financialization of commodities, including stocks, bonds, futures, currency markets, index products, and exchange traded funds Electricity Markets supplies an overview of the current and future modelling of electricity markets Contemporary Topics discuss rough volatility, order book trading, cryptocurrencies, text mining for price dynamics and flash crashes

Author: B.Philipp Kellerhals
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540246975
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 247

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Covers applications to risky assets traded on the markets for funds, fixed-income products and electricity derivatives. Integrates the latest research and includes a new chapter on financial modeling.

Author: Helyette Geman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470740817
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 320

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Commodities represent today the fastest growing markets worldwide. Historically misunderstood, generally under- studied and under- valued, certainly under- represented in the literature, commodities are suddenly receiving the attention they deserve. Bringing together some of the best authors in the field, this book focuses on the risk management issues associated with both soft and hard commodities: energy, weather, agriculturals, metals and shipping. Taking the reader through every part of the commodities markets, the authors discuss the intricacies of modelling spot and forward prices, as well as the design of new Futures markets. The book also looks at the use of options and other derivative contract forms for hedging purposes, as well as supply management in commodity markets. It looks at the implications for climate policy and climate research and analyzes the various freight derivatives markets and products used to manage shipping and freight risk in a global commodity world. It is required reading for energy and mining companies, utilities’ practitioners, commodity and cash derivatives traders in investment banks, CTA’s and hedge funds

Author: Andrew Green
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118556755
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 536

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Thorough, accessible coverage of the key issues inXVA XVA – Credit, Funding and Capital ValuationAdjustments provides specialists and non-specialists alikewith an up-to-date and comprehensive treatment of Credit, Debit,Funding, Capital and Margin Valuation Adjustment (CVA, DVA, FVA,KVA and MVA), including modelling frameworks as well as broader ITengineering challenges. Written by an industry expert, this booknavigates you through the complexities of XVA, discussing in detailthe very latest developments in valuation adjustments including theimpact of regulatory capital and margin requirements arising fromCCPs and bilateral initial margin. The book presents a unified approach to modelling valuationadjustments including credit risk, funding and regulatory effects.The practical implementation of XVA models using Monte Carlotechniques is also central to the book. You'll also find thoroughcoverage of how XVA sensitivities can be accurately measured, thetechnological challenges presented by XVA, the use of gridcomputing on CPU and GPU platforms, the management of data, and howthe regulatory framework introduced under Basel III presentsmassive implications for the finance industry. Explores how XVA models have developed in the aftermath of thecredit crisis The only text to focus on the XVA adjustments rather than thebroader topic of counterparty risk. Covers regulatory change since the credit crisis includingBasel III and the impact regulation has had on the pricing ofderivatives. Covers the very latest valuation adjustments, KVA and MVA. The author is a regular speaker and trainer at industry events,including WBS training, Marcus Evans, ICBI, Infoline and RISK If you're a quantitative analyst, trader, banking manager, riskmanager, finance and audit professional, academic or studentlooking to expand your knowledge of XVA, this book has youcovered.

Author: Claus Munk
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199575088
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 573

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A large number of securities related to various interest rates are traded in financial markets. Traders and analysts in the financial industry apply models based on economics, mathematics and probability theory to compute reasonable prices and risk measures for these securities. This book offers a unified presentation of such models and securities.

Author: Björn Lutz
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642029094
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 146

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The topic of this book is the development of pricing formulae for European style derivatives on assets with mean-reverting behavior, especially commodity derivatives.