Books in the Wiley Finance series

Insight into collateral management and its increasing relevance in modern banking In the wake of recent financial crises, firms of all sizes have adjusted their policies to incorporate more frequent instances of collateral management.

* Includes trading examples that illustrate points about risk management and leverage. * Presents all the practical knowledge necessary to run a leveraged investment company. * Non-technical explanations brings an element of transparency to a part of the investment world often thought of as difficult to understand. .

VaR, or value at risk, is a concept introduced by bank dealers to establish parameters for their market short-term risk exposure. This text introduces VaR, extreme VaR, and stress-testing risk measurement techniques to major institutional investors.

Written by the quantitative research team of Deutsche Bank, the world leader in innovative equity derivative transactions, this book acquaints readers with leading-edge thinking in modeling and hedging these transactions. Equity Derivatives offers a balanced, integrated presentation of theory and practice in equity derivative markets.

Provides an overview of the important areas that purchasers of institutional investment management services need to consider. This work offers a comprehensive review of the manager selection process.

In this guide, a leading financial economist discusses the most important research in investment theory. Not only is this research referenced in the most comprehensive annotated bibliography in the field of investment theory ever assembled, but the chronological organization of the book helps Rubinstein provide his own analysis.

Examining how M&A fits in corporate growth strategies, this book covers various strategic reasons for companies entering mergers and acquisitions (M&A), along with a look at those that are based on sound strategy, and those that are not. It explains which types of M&A work best and which to avoid.

A study of the investment portfolios of takaful companies, their general investment patterns, and their future investments. It looks at shareholders as well as general and family funds to determine where these companies are investing today, and where they are likely to invest in the future.

State-of-the-art techniques and tools needed to facilitate effective credit portfolio management and robust quantitative credit analysis Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, Active Credit Portfolio Management in Practice serves as a comprehensive introduction to both the theory and real-world practice of credit portfolio management.

More and more institutional funds and high net worth assets are finding their way to hedge funds. This book provides the quantitative and qualitative measures and analysis that investment managers, investment advisors, and fund of fund managers need to allocate and monitor their client assets properly.

* Written by respected energy economist Dr. Jerry Jackson, Energy Budgets at Risk (EBaR) explains why high energy prices and market volatility can be expected to continue, and shows how to reduce energy costs and increase cash flows using risk management concepts developed in the financial industry.

This book provides a systematic and practical analysis of the various phases of the real estate development process. Taking a comprehensive approach, it covers the necessary topics of financing, accounting and construction in addition to several often-overlooked (but equally important) aspects of real estate development.

Commodity Modelling and Pricing provides extensions and applications of state-of-the-art methods for analyzing resource commodity behaviour. Applications of these methods cover the modelling of the dynamic behaviour of resource markets and their prices as well as their interaction with the environment.

A guide to financial accounting. It explains the key features of modern accounting and helps you develop an understanding of accounting. It presents important accounting concepts, from inventory valuation methods and the timing of erosion of productive assets to how internal managers calculate ratios and trends to evaluate business efficiency.

Timely insights on investment management This comprehensive guide will help investment managers, fiduciaries, trustees, and regulators face the difficult challenge of funding the retirements of millions of workers and meeting the capital formation needs of businesses at once.

* A stockvaluation book by one of the leading market practitioners in thefield who created the company life-cycle framework for valuationknown as CFROI.

As part of Deloitte Consulting, one of the largest mergers and acquisitions (M&A) consulting practice in the world, this title reveals in M&A Information Technology Best Practices how companies can effectively and efficiently address the IT aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.

Price Risk Management and Trading. Energy risk management expert, Tom James, does it again. His latest book is a timely addition to the rapidly developing energy trading markets. This book should be on every energy trader, risk manager and corporate planer's desk.

Mathematics and Statistics for Financial Risk Management is a practical guide to modern financial risk management for both practitioners and academics.