Swap and other structured products

Scholarly Paper (Advanced Seminar) aus dem Jahr 2006 im Fachbereich Wirtschaft - Bank, Börse, Versicherung, einseitig bedruckt, Note: A+, University of Westminster, Veranstaltung: Financial Derivatives, 47 Eintragungen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Englisch, Anmerkungen: The increased volatility in the financial products world has raised concern about new possibilities of Risk Management leading into increased use of structured products. Credit derivatives are financial instruments to manage risk. This essay, firstly, is going to examine the impact on swap products as a tool in Risk Management followed by an examination of key areas in structured products development that have experienced the strongest , Abstract: The increased volatility in the financial products world has raised concern about newpossibilities of Risk Management leading into increased use of structured products. Creditderivatives are financial instruments to manage risk. They isolate such risk from theunderlying financial asset. This essay, firstly, is going to examinethe impact on swap products as a tool in Risk Management followed by an examination ofkey areas in structured products development that have experienced the strongest growth inthe last decade. For both types, the current theory and pricing will be outlinedfollowed by a demonstration of some characteristic applications in Financial RiskManagement.