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An Introduction to Capital Markets: Products, Strategies, Participants  
Author: Andrew M. Chisholm, Andrew Chisholm
ISBN: 0471498661
Format: Handover
Publish Date: June, 2005
 
     
     
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Book Description
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the global capital markets, explaining the key instruments used in the markets and their practical applications. Containing numerous illustrations and examples it explains how each product or instrument is structured, how it is used in practice, what the principle risks are and how these are monitored and controlled. An Introduction to Capital Markets is an ideal resource for those wanting to understand how the global capital markets operate.


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This book provides an accessible and comprehensive one-volume introduction to capital markets. Based on the author's many years experience as a trainer in this field, the book is ideal for those who are entering or planning to enter investment banking or asset management. It will also be an invaluable reference tool for professionals already working in the industry who are seeking to extend their knowledge base. Describing how the key products and markets work, who the principal participants are and their overall goals and objectives, Andrew Chisholm provides a thorough overview of the global capital markets. The book covers both equity and debt instruments as well as the principal derivative products. In a step-by-step fashion, making extensive use of real-world cases and examples, it explains the application of interest rate and equity swaps, financial futures, equity options and options on currencies and interest rates. An extensive glossary explains concisely many of the 'jargon' expressions used in the financial markets.


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Provides an accessible and comprehensive one-volume introduction to capital markets. Ideal for those who are entering or planning to enter investment banking or asset management.


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An Introduction to Capital Markets provides coverage of: Short-term interest rate products and foreign exchange markets Government and corporate bond markets Equity markets and equity valuation techniques Risk management tools and strategies Financial futures, swaps, options and option-based strategies


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This book provides an accessible and comprehensive one-volume introduction to capital markets. Based on the author's many years experience as a trainer in this field, the book is ideal for those who are entering or planning to enter investment banking or asset management. It will also be an invaluable reference tool for professionals already working in the industry who are seeking to extend their knowledge base. Describing how the key products and markets work, who the principal participants are and their overall goals and objectives, Andrew Chisholm provides a thorough overview of the global capital markets. The book covers both equity and debt instruments as well as the principal derivative products. In a step-by-step fashion, making extensive use of real-world cases and examples, it explains the application of interest rate and equity swaps, financial futures, equity options and options on currencies and interest rates. An extensive glossary explains concisely many of the 'jargon' expressions used in the financial markets.


About the Author
ANDREW M. CHISHOLM has designed, developed and taught programmes in financial markets since 1984. In that time he has worked with many of the largest financial institutions around the world, teaching traders, marketing staff, risk managers, analysts, fund managers, operations and technology professionals. He has worked extensively on training programmes designed to introduce new graduate and MBA entrants to the securities industry. He was formerly head of professional development for Europe at JP Morgan.




An Introduction to Capital Markets: Products, Strategies, Participants

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This book provides an accessible and comprehensive one-volume introduction to capital markets. Based on the author's many years experience as a trainer in this field, the book is ideal for those who are entering or planning to enter investment banking or asset management. It will also be an invaluable reference tool for professionals already working in the industry who are seeking to extend their knowledge base.

Describing how the key products and markets work, who the principal participants are and their overall goals and objectives, Andrew Chisholm provides a thorough overview of the global capital markets. The book covers both equity and debt instruments as well as the principal derivative products. In a step-by-step fashion, making extensive use of real-world cases and examples, it explains the application of interest rate and equity swaps, financial futures, equity options and options on currencies and interest rates. An extensive glossary explains concisely many of the 'jargon' expressions used in the financial markets.

     



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