The credit crisis has many people in the financial industry rethinking how to manage their credit risk and exposure. It is now more important than ever for participants in the financial markets -- whether they are trading or not -- to understand these credit products given their increasing impact.
The contributors to this book are practicing professionals who honed their craft at some of the industry's most successful companies including: Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse First Boston, Kenmar Global Investment Management, and Citigroup.
1 Eight Relative Value Opportunities (Christoph Klein).
2 Distressed Debt Strategies (Steve Persky).
3 Four Synthetic CDO Trading Strategies (Andrea Petrelli, Jun Zhang, Santa Federico, and Vivek Kapoor).
4 Choosing Credit Hedge Funds (Richard Horwitz, Erin Roye, and Jesse Horwitz).
PART II: Risk Management Strategies.
5 Fundamentals of Risk Management (Santa Federico, Andrea Petrelli, Jun Zhang, and Vivek Kapoor).
6 Risk Management for Multistrategy Funds (Christoph Klein).
7 Fat-Tail Distribution of Default Risk (Alla Gill).
PART III: Pricing, Products, and Procedures.
8 Pricing Models (Rohan Douglas and Peter Rivera).
9 CDS Valuation (Santa Federico, Andrea Petrelli, Jun Zhang, and Vivek Kapoor).
10 CDO Valuation (Santa Federico, Andrea Petrelli, Jun Zhang, and Vivek Kapoor).
11 Credit Derivatives Products (Peter Rivera).
Index.
CFA Institute Professional Development Qualified Activity (7.5 hours).