Böcker i Academic Press Advanced Finance-serien

Offers a technique for volatility forecasting that draws on insights from the use of multifractals in the natural sciences and mathematics and provides a treatment of the use of multifractal techniques in finance. This book aims to popularize the approach by presenting these developments to a wider audience.

Internal ratings-based systems are widely used in banks to calculate their value-at-risk (VAR) in order to determine their capital requirements for loan and bond portfolios under Basel II. This book addresses one aspect of these ratings systems which is credit migrations.

Presents explanations for fixed income securities, pricing, and markets. This book emphasizes on institutions, analytics, selected segments of fixed income markets, and fixed income derivatives. It includes material on Credit Default Swaps, Collateralized Debt Obligations, and an integrated discussion of the Credit Crisis.