Regulating and supervising investment services in the European Union

This text provides an extensive and critical assessment of the current regulatory and supervisory framework of investment services in the European Union (EU) and proposes alternative institutional structures. Trends in financial services at EU level, as well as regulatory and institutional developments at national level ...

OPA

el control político de las sociedades cotizadas

El reciente cambio legislativo producido en abril de este año ha modificado notablemente el marco jurídico de referencia en las ofertas públicas de adquisición de valores, alterando las reglas del juego que han estado vigentes en España en los últimos doce años. En este libro ...

European securities regulation

Although efforts to regulate securities at a supranational European level date back to the first company law directive in 1968, it is only since the promulgation of the 1999 Financial Services Action Plan that the playing field has shown any real leveling for market participants ...

Money laundering counter-measures in the European Union

a new paradigm of security governance versus fundamental legal principles

The past fifteen years witnessed the emergence globally of a plethora of legislative measures aimed at countering money laundering. These developments have been inextricably linked with the growing international focus on newly perceived and/or prioritised global security threats such as organised crime and terrorism ...

¿Libertad económica o fraudes punibles?

Riesgos penalmente relevantes e irrelevantes en la actividad económico- empresarial

Los delitos patrimoniales y económicos constituyen uno de los espacios más aptos para la aplicación del método normativista. En efecto, el conflicto entre esferas patrimoniales ("libertades" económicas) característico de estos delitos constituye un ámbito idóneo para tal reflexión. Además, buena parte de los delitos patrimoniales ...

Getting started in bonds

This edition of "Getting Started in Bonds" has been updated and revised to take into account the ever-changing bond market as well as the economic environment. This guide explains the fundamentals of bonds in clear, easy-to-understand language. It includes in-depth coverage of a variety of ...

Fixed income mathematics

An introduction to common fixed income instruments and mathematics, this book offers explanations, exercises, and examples without demanding sophisticated mathematics. Not only does the author use his business and teaching experience to highlight the fundamentals of investment and management decision-making, but he also offers questions ...

Bond pricing and portfolio analysis

protecting investors in the long run

This text makes accessible the most important methodological advances in bond evaluation from the past twenty years. With uncommon precision and a strong emphasis on the underlying economic fundamentals, Olivier de La Grandville presents a unified framework for understanding the basic tools of bond evaluation ...

Fixed income strategy

a practitioner's guide to riding the curve

Fixed Income Investment aims to straddle the different worlds of theoretical models and practical market experience, while offering an interdisciplinary framework for fixed income investing and trading. * A focussed but very practical approach to fixed-income investment, aimed at practitioner market * Contains investment checklists and interviews ...

The analysis of structured securities

precise risk measurement and capital allocation

The Analysis of Structured Securities presents the first intellectually defensible framework for systematic assessment of the credit quality of structured securities. It begins with a detailed description and critique of methods used to rate asset-backed securities, collateralized debt obligations and asset- backed commercial paper. The ...

Securitization

structuring and investment analysis

INDICE PART ONE: INTRODUCTION TO SECURITIZATION. Chapter 1. The Role of Securitization. Chapter 2. Fundamentals of Structuring. Chapter 3. Fundamentals of Investment Analysis. Chapter 4. Historical Performance of Asset-Backed Securities and Mortgage-Backed Securities. PART TWO: AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES. Chapter 5. Mortgage Loans. Chapter 6. Agency ...

The bond and money markets

strategy, trading, analysis

The Bond and Money Markets is an invaluable reference to all aspects of fixed income markets and instruments. It is highly regarded as an introduction and an advanced text for professionals and graduate students. Features comprehensive coverage of: Government and Corporate bonds, Eurobonds, callable bonds ...

Option theory

Table of contents Preface Part 1. Elements of option theory 1. Fundamentals 2. Option basics 3. Stock price distribution 4. Principles of option pricing 5. The back scholes model 6. American options Part 2. Numerical methods 7. The binomial model 8. Numerical solutions of the ...

A practical guide to collateral management in the OTC derivatives market

This is the first book of its kind on the market and is aimed at collateral management professionals in the OTC derivatives markets. It is a guide to the key topics involved in establishing and running a collateral management function and is clear, comprehensive and ...

Measuring and controlling interest rate risk

Measuring and Controlling Interest Rate and Credit Risk, Second Edition offers a systematic evaluation of how to measure and control the interest rate risk and credit risk of a bond portfolio or trading position under various financial conditions. Financial experts Frank Fabozzi, Steven Mann, and ...

The credit risk of complex derivatives

Since the publication of the 2nd edition of The Credit Risk of Complex Derivatives in 1997, the world of derivatives has gone through a period of dramatic change - in the external operating environment, product and market characteristic and risk management techniques. In the light of ...

Derivados de crédito

aspectos financieros y legales

La gestión de riesgos financieros se ha convertido en los últimos años en una prioridad para las entidades financieras de todo el mundo. Hasta la aparición de los derivados de crédito, las vías de gestión de crédito se encontraban limitadas en muchos aspectos, pero en ...

Quantitative portfolio optimisation, asset allocation and risk management

This practical book serves as a comprehensive guide to quantitative portfolio optimization, asset allocation, and risk management. Providing an accessible yet rigorous approach to investment management, it gradually introduces ever more advanced quantitative tools for these areas. Using extensive examples, this book guides the reader ...

Credit derivatives pricing models

model, pricing and implementation

The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive overview of the state-of-the-art in credit risk modelling as applied to the pricing of credit derivatives.

Dynamic efficiency and path dependencies in venture capital markets

This book offers a new explanation why venture capital in investments differ substantially between countries. Recent literature has attributed these differences to differences in the financial architecture and tax regulations. By contrast, this book shows by using simulations of a general equilibrium model that interactions ...