Mastering Derivatives Markets: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Products, Applications and Risks (The Mastering Series)

Description Mastering Derivatives Markets provides full up-to-the-minuteexplanations? with worked examples and screen shots ? covering thebasics of options, swaps and futures across the key asset classes:rates, currency, equity, commodity and credit. This book is relevant to anyone working within the financialmarkets, from the new entrant to the seasoned trader looking forupdates, and to non-trading personnel working in IT, legal,compliance, risk, credit and operations. Brilliant outcomes Gain a comprehensive, jargon-free overview of online marketing Understand how to tell an online fad from a genuine opportunity Know which methods yield the best rewards and how to use them Background and development of the derivatives markets Market fundamentals Risk ? a Primer Derviatives Fundamentals Basic option concepts Interest rate derivatives ? single settlement instruments Interest rate derivatives Benchmarking in the OTC derivatives markets Currency derivatives The impact of electronic trading on the FX Market Credit derivatives Central clearing and the OTC market Equity derivatives Commodity derivatives Carbon derivatives and environmental products Regulation in the derivatives markets Glossary Answers to Quizzes Index Francesca Taylor has been a major player in theinternational derivatives markets for over 25 years and hasrecently relocated to Dubai, UAE. Francesca is also the founder and ex-CEO of Taylor Associates(International) Ltd, a financial training company based in London,which provides training and education to a range of financial andnon-financial organisations. She has extensive experience in the derivatives clearing andOTC post trade space working with key market providers ofinfrastructure services, notably Capco, CLS, DTCC, Deriv/SERV,Markit and Omgeo, both in the UK and North America. She has worked with CME and Bloomberg in NYC and ICE inChicago to create TV and web based tutorials in traded options andfuture markets. Francesca has a BSc (Hons) in geolo