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This practical guide on the theory and practice of Investor Relations combines the art and science of marketing, financial analysis and financial communications in a single source. It offers expert advice and helpful tips to be used in real business life by corporate executives, financial analysts, students, and anyone competing for capital.

An up-to-date look at the latest thinking on Corporate Governance, capturing the wealth of experience of some 60 company secretaries in the world's top companies, whose job it is to make corporate governance work. A must for anyone who has ever had to make tough decisions on their board and wondered how their peers might have done it.

The book analyzes the stock market developments in all GCC countries, focusing on the recent boom and bust episodes in five out of the seven GCC equity markets - one of the major events in emerging markets this decade. The lessons from this period will constitute a reference for emerging equity markets for decades to come.

As we enter the early 1990s, the second phase of global deregulation gains momentum and cross-border activity in the securities markets has never been greater. As pressure on margins increases, there is a new emphasis on trading and settlement systems - as important as the innovation of financial products was in the 1980s.

This book presents practical Risk Management and Trading applications for the Electricity Markets. Various methodologies developed over the last few years are considered and current literature is reviewed. The book emphasizes the relationship between trading, hedging and generation asset management.

Written by an experienced risk manager, this innovative new book explores the core concepts of risk management, including in-depth coverage of its scope, rationale, and practical applications. This is an excellent starting point for a new generation of readers who increasingly need a both practical and conceptual understanding of risk management.

The New Global Regulatory Landscape provides a benchmark tool for financial intermediaries and Institutional Investors. Covering 24 international regulations across the UK, Europe, Asia/Pacific and the USA, the authors provide practical compliance tips for financial intermediaries and guidance on best practice for investors.

Updated and revised, the third edition frames strategy as delivering firm value in both the short and long term while maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. These issues are examined through industry evolution, the rise of the information economy, financial analysis, corporate and quantitative finance, and risk management concepts.

This book presents the state-of-the-art with respect to credit risk evaluation and pricing within the contemporary global banking and financial system. It focuses on credit pricing in illiquid, liquid and hybrid markets. No one with any connection to the credit management business will be able to do without it.

Part 1 examines the derivatives building blocks and financial market/corporate finance drivers of the equity derivatives and financial products market, and includes case studies of typical and landmark transactions.

Liquidity Risk is a comprehensive treatment of the topic focusing on the nature of the risk, problems that arise in asset and funding liquidity and mechanisms that can be developed to monitor, measure and control such risks.

As energy trading, power exchanges and hedging techniques establish themselves in the oil, power and gas sectors, so then do newer derivatives markets emerge in LNG hedging, weather derivatives and freight hedging.

This is the first book of its kind on the market and is aimed at collateral management professionals in the OTC derivatives markets.

Operations management is becoming critical among the success factors of financial institutions. Banking/ Trading - Operations Management focuses on the particular challenges and new trends the operations manager has to address, which involves a balancing act between cost optimization and growing business requirements.

Asset management Standards discussion's main focus on governance issues matches the established structural components of the Asset Management Standard's systematic classification. Numerous innovations called for a nearly complete revision. This new edition offers again a reliable source of information on the major issues in asset management.

Revised and updated guide to some of the most important issues in the capital markets today, with an emphasis on fixed-income instruments. Fundamental concepts in equity market analysis, foreign exchange and money markets are also covered to provide a comprehensive overview. Analysis and valuation techniques are given for practical application.

The New Global Regulatory Landscape provides a benchmark tool for financial intermediaries and Institutional Investors. Covering 24 international regulations across the UK, Europe, Asia/Pacific and the USA, the authors provide practical compliance tips for financial intermediaries and guidance on best practice for investors.

The authors present a comprehensive and timely discussion of economic capital and financial risk management for financial services firms and conglomerates.

Growth in the derivatives market has brought with it a greater volume and range of interest rate dependent products. A study of the evolution of interest rate modelling theory places these models in the correct mathematical context, allowing appreciation of their key assumptions, concepts and implications.

Dramatic changes in market conditions, budgetary constraints, the evolving nature of risk within the financial organization, as well as the requirements of increasing regulation in the global market place have resulted in a totally different environment for risk systems.

Through the tools of economics, Annunziata's vivid and gripping book shows how the global financial crisis was caused by a failure of leadership and common sense in which we all played a role. The insights of this clear and compelling analysis are essential for learning the right lessons from the crisis, and seeing new threats around the corner.

This book addresses key topics relating to international trade; letters of credit mechanism, collections of bills, trade customs and practice. Dealing with complicated implementation issues in a forthright and comprehensive fashion, it is an essential tool for navigating the procedures of international trade finance.

This book relates to strategic asset allocation for institutional investors. It consists of a collection of edited papers from academics worldwide on the latest developments in asset allocation, portfolio management and international investments. These expert studies can improve the risk and return characteristics of your investment portfolio.

This important book brings together an edited series of papers about risk management and the latest developments in the field. Covering topics such as Stochastic Volatility, Risk Dynamics and Portfolio Diversification, this book is vital for optimal portfolio allocation for private and institutional investors, and is an indispensable tool.

This book addresses the importance of diversification for reducing volatility of investment portfolios. It shows how to improve investment efficiency, and explains how international diversification reduces overall risk while enhancing performance. This book is a crucial tool for any investor looking to improve the profit gain from their investment.

This book responds to a growing demand for mutual funds. This timely collection of original papers focuses on changes of international investment in Europe, the US and New Zealand. Using a fresh approach, innovative techniques and various models this book assesses performance and provides an understanding of mutual funds on an international level.

The authors present a comprehensive and timely discussion of economic capital and financial risk management for financial services firms and conglomerates.

This market is the largest and most liquid-call type derivative in the world. Philips and Connolly intend to clarify definitions and discuss why the warrant is so important to the institutional investor. The authors consider its versatility and the implications for profit from the tremendous volatility in this market.

Dramatic changes in market conditions, budgetary constraints, the evolving nature of risk within the financial organization, as well as the requirements of increasing regulation in the global market place have resulted in a totally different environment for risk systems.

Climate Trading provides a comprehensive overview of the emerging greenhouse gas emissions trading markets. The key focus of the book is the emerging domestic and international emissions trading schemes, project based trading programmes, and the developing greenhouse gas markets.