A straightforward guide to the evolution, benefits, and implementation of Solvency IIProviding a guide to the evolution, practice, benefits, and implementation of Solvency II, Executive′s Guide to Solvency II deftly covers this major European regulation which ensures that insurers can meet their risk–based liabilities over a one–year period to a 99.5% certainty. Part of the Wiley and SAS Business series, this book will guide you through Solvency II, especi...

The essential guide to quantifying risk vs. return has been updated to reveal the newest, most effective innovations in financial risk managementWritten for risk professionals and non-risk professionals alike, this easy-to-understand guide helps readers meet the increasingly insistent demand to make sophisticated assessments of their company’s risk exposureProvides the latest methods for measuring and transferring credit risk, increase risk-manageme...

Master the basics and intricacies of quant and high-frequency trading with the latest edition of this accessible and widely-read guideIn the newly revised third edition of Inside the Black Box: A Simple Guide to Systematic Investing, veteran practitioner and investor Rishi K Narang delivers another insightful discussion of how quantitative and algorithmic trading strategies work in non-mathematical terms. As with prior editions, this third edition is full ...

The secrets of high-frequency trading revealed!“Edgar’s book is fantastic . . . I recommend it highly.”—Bart Chilton, Commissioner, United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)“I have interviewed the most successful high-frequency traders in New York and Chicago, but I have learned so much more by reading Perez’s book. He covers the most relevant topics we need to know today and tomorrow.”—Mark Abeshouse, Chairman, Augus...

The Complete Guide to Capital Markets for Quantitative Professionals is a comprehensive resource for readers with a background in science and technology who want to transfer their skills to the financial industry.It is written in a clear, conversational style and requires no prior knowledge of either finance or financial analytics. The book begins by discussing the operation of the financial industry and the business models of different types of Wall Street firms, as well ...

A detailed guide to the discipline of corporate valuationDesigned for the professional investor who is building an investment portfolio that includes equity, Corporate Valuation for Portfolio Investment takes you through a range of approaches, including those primarily based on assets, earnings, cash flow, and securities prices, as well as hybrid techniques.Along the way, it discusses the importance of qualitative measures such as governance, which go well beyond g...

Your one indispensable guide to all the Fair Value requirements of IFRSAcomplete guide to the complex valuation requirements of IFRS, this book includes chapters on theoretical and practical applications, with extensive examples illustrating the required techniques for each application.Appropriate for anyone involved professionally with finance—managers, accountants, investors, bankers, instructors, and students—this guide draws on a stellar panel of expert...

A practical guide to the practices and procedures of effectively managing banking risksManaging Risks in Commercial and Retail Banking takes an in-depth, logical look at dealing with all aspects of risk management within the banking sector. It presents complex processes in a simplified way by providing real-life situations and examples.The book examines all dimensions of the risks that banks face—both the financial risks—credit, market, and operati...

Despite the accepted fact that a substantial part of the risk and return of any portfolio comes from asset allocation, we find today that the majority of investment professionals worldwide are focused on security selection. Multi-Asset Investing: A Practitioner’s Framework questions this basic structure of the investment process and investment industry.Who says we have to separate alpha and beta?Are the traditional definitions for risk and risk premium rele...

Valuing Early Stage and Venture-Backed CompaniesUnique in the overall sphere of business valuation, the valuing of early stage and venture-backed companies lacks the traditional metrics of cash flow, earnings, or even revenue at times. But without these metrics, traditional discounted cash flow models and comparison to public markets or private transactions take on less relevance, calling for a more "experiential" valuation approach.In a straightforward, no...

Make more informed project investment decisions by knowing what issues to examine in the planning process and how to analyze their impactsPoor or insufficient planning is primarily responsible for the inordinate number of idle and rusting capital facilities around the world, with investment decisions often made on the basis of either intuition or inadequate analysis. Investment Project Design: A Guide to Financial and Economic Analysis with Constraints alerts potential inv...

New to the financial markets? Need to bone up on one area or function to move up the ladder,change careers, provide better sales or consulting services.-- Provides easy to understand descriptions of all the major elements of the financial markets-- Author is a 28-year veteran of the financial markets-- Filled with graphs and charts that help readers move quickly and easily through the bookand acquire the necessary information