TY - GEN AU - T.V.Somanathan AU - V. Anantha Nageswaran AU - Harsh Gupta TI - Derivatives SN - 9781108402712 U1 - 332.6457 PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Business Finance N1 - Part I: Introduction 1. Introduction 2. Some Basic Concepts Part II: Forwards and Futures 3. Futures and Forwards 4. Futures Trading: Pricing and Hedging 5. Interest Rate Futures 6. Currency Futures 7. Futures on Equities Part III: Swaps 8. Swaps – Part I: Interest Rate and Currency Swaps 9. Swaps – Part II: Other Swaps Part IV: Options 10. Options – I: Introduction to Options 11. Options – II: Pricing of Options 12. Options – III: Equity Options Strategies 13. Advanced Options Strategies 14. Options – IV: Real and Other Options Part V: Other Derivatives and Derivative-like Instruments 15. Other Derivatives; 16. Exchange Traded Funds and Structured Products Part VI: Accounting, Taxation and Regulatory Framework 17. Accounting and Taxation 18. Infrastructure for Derivatives Trading 19. Regulation of Derivatives Trading an Introduction Part VII: Portfolio Management and Management of Derivative Risks 20. Portfolio Management and Derivatives 21. Management of Derivative Risks N2 - This book provides a comprehensive but concise treatment of the subject of Derivatives. It focusses on making essential concepts accessible to a wider audience. The book eschews complicated mathematics and high school level mathematics is sufficient to understand it. It describes and explains various derivative instruments, their use and pricing, and the functioning of derivative markets. It uses a large number of examples to elucidate concepts and illustrate their real life application. A distinguishing feature of the book is that it goes beyond the narrow perspective of derivative traders and investors and takes a broader approach which enhances its appeal to a range of readers. Derivatives will be useful for students in the fields of economics, econometrics, derivatives, and finance and financial professionals, bankers and investors ER -