The LIBOR market model in practice

The LIBOR market model is an interest rate model that is used to price derivatives. Whilst the number of books on interest rate modeling is large, this is a reflection of the speed of development of the theory and market demand. This book will concentrate ...

The economics and regulation of financial privacy

an international comparison of credit reporting systems

This book provides the first in-depth analysis of the economics and regulation of financial privacy. It is an international comparison of credit reporting systems in the United States and in European countries. On the theoretical level the book explains competition in information markets, especially in ...

Credit derivatives

techniques to manage credit risk for financial professionals

ÍNDICE: Part I: Credit Derivative Products and Application: 1: An Introduction to Credit Derivatives. 2: Fundamental Credit Derivative Products . 3: Structured and Synthetic Credit Products. 4: An Overview of Credit Derivative Applications. Part II: Valuation Tools: 5: A Primer on Risk Modeling . 6: A Basic ...

Active credit portfolio management

a practical guide to credit risk management strategies

The introduction of the euro in 1999 marked the starting point of the development of a very liquid and heterogeneous EUR credit market, which exceeds EUR 350 bn in respect to outstanding corporate bonds. Against this background, credit risk trading and credit portfolio management gained ...

The economics of consumer credit

This work offers a cross-national analysis of empirical, theoretical, and policy issues in the consumer credit industry, including household debt, credit card usage, and bankruptcy. Academic research and policy discussions of credit markets usually focus on borrowing by firms and producers rather than households, which ...

House prices and the macroeconomy

implications for banking and price stability

House price bubbles, and their aftermath, have become a focus of macro- economic policy concern in most developed countries. This book elucidates the two-way relationship between house-price fluctuations and economic fundamentals. Housing has many features which make it distinct from other assets, like equity. Real ...

Una nueva visión del riesgo de crédito

El objetivo de esta obra es medir el riesgo de crédito del sistema financiero, utilizando un enfoque moderno mediante una metodología innovadora. Esta obra se concentra en explicar en detalle los dos paradigmas comerciales más utilizados entre los practicantes, el CreditRisk y el CreditMetrics y ...

Handbook mortgage backed securities

Frank J. Fabozzi is one of the world's foremost authorities on fixed income securities and derivative instruments, and the author or editor of dozens of widely acclaimed fixed income books, including The Handbook of Fixed Income Securities, which sold more than 25,000 copies ...

Capital adequacy beyond basel

banking, securities, and insurance

This book is timely since the Bassel Committee on Banking Supervision at the Bank for International Settlements is in the process of making major changes in the capital rules for banks. It is important that capital adequacy regulation helps to achieve financial stability in the ...

Las cooperativas de crédito en Aragón

El objetivo de este libro es evaluar el papel y la importancia de las cooperativas de crédito en Aragón. En la primera parte se analizan dichas entidades en nuestra comunidad y en España desde un punto de vista cuantitativo. La segunda se plantea de manera ...

The new masters of capital

american bond rating agencies and the politics of creditworthiness

El crédito al consumo en España

The economics of microfinance

The microfinance revolution, begun with independent initiatives in Latin America and South Asia starting in the 1970s, has so far allowed 65 million poor people around the world to receive small loans without collateral, build up assets, and buy insurance. This comprehensive survey of microfinance ...

Préstamos hipotecarios

la compra de bienes inmuebles

El presente libro trata de dar respuesta a un buen número de incógnitas que surgen a la hora de realizar la que , probablemente, sea la mayor inversión de la vida de los consumidores: la adquisición de una vivienda. El estudio ha sido diseñado desde la ...

Microcrédito en países desarrollados

problemas, retos y propuestas

Los microcréditos son préstamos de pequeña cuantía para personas que no pueden optar a un préstamo bancario convencional. Su situación socioeconómica, las características del préstamo que necesitan, la imposibilidad de aportar garantías o de cumplir con los requerimientos administrativos que exigen las entidades financieras les ...

Introducción al renting

Este libro tiene por objetivo facilitar el acercamiento a un instrumento cada vez más presente en la vida de las empresas como es el renting, una forma de alquiler en la que están incluidos los servicios fundamentales para el buen funcionamiento del bien, no existiendo ...

Structured credit products

credit derivatives and synthetic securitisation

Structured Credit Products are one of today's fastest growing investment and risk management mechanisms, and a focus of innovation and creativity in the capital markets. The building blocks of these products are credit derivatives, which are among the most widely used products in finance ...

Bonds markets, analysis, and strategies

This comprehensive textbook on bonds takes a practical real-world approach to the subject. It includes a detailed discussion of each type of bond including a wide range of products. The text features comprehensive discussion of not only the instruments, but their investment characteristics, the state-of-the ...

Reinsurance

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 ...