This paper provides extensions to existing procedures for representing one-factor no-arbitrage models of the short rate in the form of a tree. It allows a wide range of drift functions for the short rate to be used in conjunction with a wide range of volatility assumptions. It shows that, if the...

A market-leveraged stock unit (MSU) is a form of employee compensation in which the number of shares received on the vesting date depends on the stock price at that time. MSUs have been proposed as a way of overcoming some of the drawbacks of stock options and restricted stock units. In this...

Es gibt nur wenige Management-Bücher, die gleichzeitig als Lehrbuch und Nachschlagewerk für Praktiker ein weltweit so hohes Renommee geniessen wie Optionen, Futures und andere Derivate. Die vorliegende zehnte Auflage beinhaltet u.a. neue Kapitel zu den Themen Swaps, Bewertungsanpassungen und...

Intro -- Risk Management and Financial Institutions -- Contents in Brief -- Contents -- Business Snapshots -- Preface -- New Material -- Slides -- Questions and Problems -- Instructor Material -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Risk vs. Return for Investors -- 1.1.1 Quantifying Risk --...