The Paper shows the evaluation of credit risky products. Default probabilities for brisk adjusted cash flows or risk adjusted discounting are the backbones for the evaluation of bonds and credits. The second approach is using the market value of shares and their implied volatility to calculate...

The paper deals with the evaluation of Collateralized Debt Obligations for investment purposes. CDOs are classified in the asset backed environment. Its specific risks (market, timing, recovery, agency) are discussed. To understand the portfolio aspect, the concept of the diversity score is...

Underlyings of weather derivatives in Europe tend to be average temperature compared to heating (cooling) day in the USA because of a smaller volatility in temperature. The derivatives are priced using as burn analysis. Using a gas utility company, hedging techniques are shown using temperature...

Convertible bond issues increase considerably since 1990. The paper shows that these issues are more than just the combination of a bond and an option. The pricing depends on the share price, the shares volatility, the interest rate, and the interest volatility , the credit spread, and the...

Behavioral finance theory is used for the foreign exchange market to show, that the profit of a typical trader is mainly due to the higher number of correct positions. Using behavioral finance the amount of loss trades is larger than 60%, however the individual gains are larger than the losses...

The year 2000 started the evolution of the German market for Structured Products with incorporated Hedge Fund exposures. This paper provides an extensive commentary on this fast growing segment. Our analysis suggests that the market for existing products is affected by significant heterogeneity....

Some traders estimate precipitation derivatives to have a potential which increases even that of temperature derivatives. Precipitation derivatives can be used both for hedging and marketing purposes for a diverse number of possible end users. However, the complex way of measuring precipitation,...

In den letzten Jahren hat sich eine Vielzahl von Produkten entwickelt, bei denen der Zahlungszeitpunkt und die Feststellung des Zinssatzes von den natürlichenGewohnheiten des Marktes abweichen. Ein typisches Instrument sind LIBORZahlungen, deren Zinsfestellung nicht am Anfang, sondern am Ende...

Seit 1998 gewinnt hybrides Kernkapital eine zunehmende Bedeutung im deutschen Markt. Die besondere Form der stillen Beteiligung in Deutschland aber auch die Emission von Perpetuals ermöglichen den Banken eine bessere Strukturierung ihres aufsichtsrechtlichen Eigenkapitals.