Portfolio management in practice

As individuals are becoming more and more responsible for ensuring their own financial future, portfolio or fund management has taken on an increasingly important role in banks' ranges of offerings to their clients. In addition, as interest rates have come down and the stock market ...

Credit risk

from transaction to portfolio management

'Credit Risk: from transaction to portfolio management' provides high level, focused analysis of the nature of credit risk in investment bank portfolio management. Written by experienced international practitioners, it offers in-depth information and advice that will help all those charged with managing credit risk at ...

Computational finance

numerical methods for pricing financial instruments

Computational Finance presents a modern computational approach to mathematical finance within the Windows environment, and contains financial algorithms, mathematical proofs and computer code in C/C++. The author illustrates how numeric components can be developed which allow financial routines to be easily called by the ...

Making sense of intellectual capital

designing a method for the valuation of intangibles

Peter Drucker has introduced us all to the knowledge era, where knowledge is the primary resource and intangibles (intellectual capital resources and assets) are now largely recognized as the most important sources of organizations' competitive advantage. With the recognition of the importance of Intangibles comes ...

Fixed income markets library

This a comprehensive, in-depth treatment of the corporate bond markets for investors and bankers. It comprises the following books: * Corporate Bonds and Structured Financial Products * Understanding Credit Derivatives * Advanced Fixed Income Analysis The library addresses issues of importance for all those involved to any extent ...

Corporate bonds and structured financial products

This book is a detailed account of the instruments that are used in the corporate bond markets, from conventional "plain vanilla" bonds to hybrid instruments and structured products. There is background information on bond pricing and yield, as well as a detailed look at the ...

An introduction to credit derivatives

In a relatively short time credit derivatives have grown to become one of the largest and most important segment of the financial markets, with deal volumes now in trillions of dollars. They have become an important tool for banks, financial institutions and corporates who desire ...

Advance fixed income analysis

This book is aimed at experienced practitioners in the corporate bond markets and is a specialised text for investors and traders. The author relates from both personal experience as well as his own research to bring together subjects of practical importance to bond market practitioners ...

Operational risk control with Basel II

basic principles and capital requirements

Operational risk is present in every enterprise- The many types of operational risk; Why management risk, legal risk, and information technology risk are the most important operational risks; Other key operational risks to which senior management and the back office should pay attention; Identification, monitoring ...

International funds

a practical guide to their establishment and operation

'International Funds' will provide readers with: A greater understanding of the benefits and limitations of funds to both retail and institutional investors An easy-to-read, yet technically comprehensive, insight into fund structures An overview of the variety of legal structures, regulatory categories and investment profiles available ...

Storytelling in organizations

why storytelling is transforming 21st Century organizations and management

From knowledge to intelligence

creating competitive advantage in the next economy

In the New Economy, intelligence will be essential for firms to gain competitive advantage?not just information or knowledge. Competitive intelligence, or the strategic gathering of knowledge about competitors, climate, trends, new products, has a long and successful history of generating competitive advantage. In this ...

Niche tourism

contemporary issues, trends and cases

Niche Tourism examines one of the fastest growing areas within the tourism sector. This book provides an integrated picture of speciality/niche tourism as a whole looking at both the 'macro' and 'micro' niche area. It has a comprehensive theoretical framework, and discusses initiatives, policies ...

Managing cultural differences

global leadership strategies for the 21st Century

The structure and content of the book remains the same, with thorough updating of the plentiful region and country descriptions, demographic data, graphs and maps. This book differs from textbooks on International Management because it zeroes in on culture as the crucial dimension and educates ...

Market segmentation

how to do it how to profit from it

ÍNDICE: Foreword Preface and acknowledgements An important note to the reader from the authors 1 The state of marketing 2 The central role of market segmentation in profitable growth 3 Preparing for segmentation ? avoiding the big mistakes 4 Determining the scope of a segmentation project ...

Manage IT as a business

how to achieve alignment and add value to the company

Many IT projects fail to deliver the benefits to the business that were promised. Yet IT managers and staff work hard to meet the needs of the business: Systems are put in place; network operations are reliable and stable. The cause is usually a misalignment ...

Managing multinationals in a knowledge economy

economics, culture, and human resources

The future of knowledge

increasing prosperity through value networks

Verna Allee, whose groundbreaking book 'The Knowledge Evolution' helped usher in the exploding field of knowledge management, has brought her experience-tested insights into an exciting new synthesis, penetrating to the very heart of value creation. 'The Future of Knowledge' strips away traditional business thinking to ...

ERP

the implentation cycle

The ERP implementation cycle is characterized by complexity, uncertainty and a long time-scale. It is about people and issues that affect the business # it is a multi-disciplinary effort. This book will provide you with the practical information you will need in relation to the many ...

Leadership for follower commitment