Derivative instruments : forwards, futures, options, swaps, and structured products / G.D. Koppenhaver -- The derivatives marketplace : exchanges and the over-the-counter market / Sharon Brown-Hruska -- Speculation and hedging / Greg Kuserk -- The social functions of financial derivatives /...

Bilateral derivatives valuation is subject to counterparty credit risk (CCR) in that a counterparty could jump to default or its credit spread could vary over time. In the nomenclature of risk management, the former is called CCR exposure and the later leads to credit valuation adjustment (CVA)....

Financial Derivatives explores the contemporary world of financial derivatives, starting with a presumption of only a general knowledge of undergraduate finance. These chapters have been written by many leading figures in academics, industry, and government for the benefit of advanced...

Using techniques from deep learning, we show that neural networks can be trained successfully to replicate the modified payoff functions that were first derived in the context of partial hedging by Föllmer and Leukert. Not only does this approach better accommodate the realistic setting of...