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Pricing, risk, and performance measurement in practice [electronic resource] : the building block approach to modeling instruments and portfolios / Wolfgang Schwerdt, Marcelle von Wendland.

By: Schwerdt, Wolfgang.
Contributor(s): Wendland, Marcelle von | ScienceDirect (Online service).
Series: Elsevier and Mondo Visione world capital markets series: Publisher: London ; Burlington, Mass. : Elsevier/MondoVisione, c2010Description: xx, 377 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9780123745217; 0123745217.Subject(s): Econometrics | Finance -- Mathematical modelsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 330.01/5195 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
Contents:
PART I -- 1.0Foreword 600 -- 2.0Introduction to Pricing, Risk and Performance Measurement600 -- 2.01Who is the book for?500 -- 2.02Foundations of Pricing 1,500 -- 2.03Risk Measurement Basics 1,500 -- 2.04Understanding Performance measurement 1,500 -- PART II -- 3.0Approaches to Pricing6000 -- 4.0Pricing Fixed Cash flows10,000 -- 5.0Pricing Equity Cash flows10,000 -- 6.0Pricing Derivative Cash flows10,000 -- 7.0Putting it All Together: Pricing Complex Instruments5,000 -- PART III -- 8.0Approaches to Risk Measurement10,000 -- 9.0Implementing VAR Risk Measurement8,000 -- 10.0Implementing ETL Risk Measurement8,000 -- 11.0Implementing Risk Measurement Reports5,000 -- PART IV -- 12.0Approaches to Performance Measurement10,000 -- 13.0Implementing Portfolio Performance Measurement10,000 -- 14.0Implementing Risk Adjusted Profit Measures10,000 --.
Summary: How can managers increase their ability to calculate price and risk data for financial instruments while decreasing their dependence on a myriad of specific instrument variants? Wolfgang Schwerdt and Marcelle von Wendland created a simple and consistent way to handle and process large amounts of complex financial data. By means of a practical framework, their approach analyzes market and credit risk exposure of financial instruments and portfolios and calculates risk adjusted performance measures. Its emphasis on standardization yields significant improvements in speed and accuracy. Schwerdt and von Wendland's focus on practical implementation directly addresses limitations imposed by the complex and costly processing time required for advanced risk management models and pricing hundreds of thousands of securities each day. Their many examples and programming codes demonstrate how to use standards to build financial instruments, how to price them, and how to measure the risk and performance of the portfolios that include them. Feature: The authors have designed and implemented a standard for the description of financial instruments Benefit: The reader can rely on accurate and valid information about describing financial instruments Feature: The authors have developed an approach for pricing and analyzing any financial instrument using a limited set of atomic instruments Benefit: The reader can use these instruments to define and set up even very large numbers of financial instruments. Feature: The book builds a practical framework for analysing the market and credit risk exposure of financial instruments and portfolios Benefit: Readers can use this framework today in their work and identify and measure market and credit risk using a reliable method.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

PART I -- 1.0Foreword 600 -- 2.0Introduction to Pricing, Risk and Performance Measurement600 -- 2.01Who is the book for?500 -- 2.02Foundations of Pricing 1,500 -- 2.03Risk Measurement Basics 1,500 -- 2.04Understanding Performance measurement 1,500 -- PART II -- 3.0Approaches to Pricing6000 -- 4.0Pricing Fixed Cash flows10,000 -- 5.0Pricing Equity Cash flows10,000 -- 6.0Pricing Derivative Cash flows10,000 -- 7.0Putting it All Together: Pricing Complex Instruments5,000 -- PART III -- 8.0Approaches to Risk Measurement10,000 -- 9.0Implementing VAR Risk Measurement8,000 -- 10.0Implementing ETL Risk Measurement8,000 -- 11.0Implementing Risk Measurement Reports5,000 -- PART IV -- 12.0Approaches to Performance Measurement10,000 -- 13.0Implementing Portfolio Performance Measurement10,000 -- 14.0Implementing Risk Adjusted Profit Measures10,000 --.

How can managers increase their ability to calculate price and risk data for financial instruments while decreasing their dependence on a myriad of specific instrument variants? Wolfgang Schwerdt and Marcelle von Wendland created a simple and consistent way to handle and process large amounts of complex financial data. By means of a practical framework, their approach analyzes market and credit risk exposure of financial instruments and portfolios and calculates risk adjusted performance measures. Its emphasis on standardization yields significant improvements in speed and accuracy. Schwerdt and von Wendland's focus on practical implementation directly addresses limitations imposed by the complex and costly processing time required for advanced risk management models and pricing hundreds of thousands of securities each day. Their many examples and programming codes demonstrate how to use standards to build financial instruments, how to price them, and how to measure the risk and performance of the portfolios that include them. Feature: The authors have designed and implemented a standard for the description of financial instruments Benefit: The reader can rely on accurate and valid information about describing financial instruments Feature: The authors have developed an approach for pricing and analyzing any financial instrument using a limited set of atomic instruments Benefit: The reader can use these instruments to define and set up even very large numbers of financial instruments. Feature: The book builds a practical framework for analysing the market and credit risk exposure of financial instruments and portfolios Benefit: Readers can use this framework today in their work and identify and measure market and credit risk using a reliable method.

Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam : Elsevier Science & Technology, 2010. Mode of access: World Wide Web. System requirements: Web browser. Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 24, 2010). Access may be restricted to users at subscribing institutions.