Now, there’s a completely up-to-date guide on credit derivatives that’s ideal for all working financial professionals and students entering the field.Credit Derivatives, Second Editionhas been fully updated to explain today’s credit risk markets clearly and simply, in language any practitioner or advanced business student can understand. The authors begin by explaining the underlying principles surrounding credit risk. Next, they systematically present today’s leading methods and instruments for managing it. The authors introduce total return swaps, credit spread options, credit linked notes, and other instruments, demonstrating how each of them can be used to isolate risk and sell it to someone willing to accept it. The authors, including leading practitioner George Chacko, have updated all content throughout to reflect today’s instruments, rules, and practices.For wide audiences of finance professionals, analysts, MBA/Executive MBA students and upper-level undergraduates who need a thorough understanding of modern credit derivatives.
