Books by Erik Banks

The text from credit risk authority Erik Banks provides a detailed review of the emerging Asian fixed income markets and their primary instruments, along with a discussion of market participants, market mechanics and associated hedging and financing instruments.

Electronic trading, managing e-commerce risk, B2B exchanges, e-brokers, and Alternative Trading Systems (ATS) are all bringing opportunities and challenges to the financial sector. This book looks at the development of e-commerce business models, as well as the technology of digital finance.

Erik Banks, responsible for global risk management at Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong, has written another text on the derivatives field covering innovation in these instruments in Asia Pacific. The text acts as a detailed reference on the nature of these markets and the prospects for the Asian derivative markets, both listed and OTC.

Catastrophic risk stands as one of the most significant and challenging areas of corporate risk management. The onset of hurricane, earthquake, windstorm, terrorism, systemic financial dislocation, or "clash losses" can create billions of dollars of losses, financially damaging companies and regional/national economies.

This edition of The Credit Risk of Complex Derivatives is fully updated and enhanced. The text concludes with a detailed discussion of portfolio credit risk issues and techniques in order to ensure the most effective and accurate understanding of complex derivative credit risk.

Erik Banks seeks to explore the qualitative and quantitative aspects of risks attributable to financial instruments in today's markets, which are so much a part of banking business throughout the world.