FX Options and Structured Products

In recent times there has been an explosive growth in the number of corporates, investors and financial institutions turning to structured products to achieve cost savings, risk controls and yield enhancements. However, the exact nature, risks and applications of these products and solutions can be complex, and problems arise if the fundamental building blocks and principles are not fully understood.

FX Options and Structured Products explains the most popular products and strategies with a focus on everything beyond vanilla options, dealing with these products in a literate yet accessible manner, giving practical applications and case studies. Everything from quotation conventions, seagulls, shark forwards, bid-ask spreads, settlement, fixings, hedging accumulators, unwinding FX-linked swaps and deposits, pricing first generation exotics using the traders’ rule of thumb.

This book has a special emphasis on how the client uses the products, with interviews and descriptions of real-life deals means that it will be possible to see how the products are applied in day-to-day situations – the theory is translated into practice.

• Quants and Traders learn the structuring view and client perspective
• Structurers and Sales learn the quantitative fundamentals
• Newcomers learn the products and the FX particularities and jargon
• Accounting of Structured Products concisely covered

Real life exercises and examples throughout.