The book gives a comprehensive treatment of the classical and modern ruin probability theory. Some of the topics are Lundberg's inequality, the Cramer-Lundberg approximation, exact solutions, other approximations (e.g., for heavy-tailed claim size distributions), finite horizon ruin...

Bayesian Methods in Finance provides a detailed overview of the theory of Bayesian methods and explains their real-world applications to financial modeling. While the principles and concepts explained throughout the book can be used in financial modeling and decision making in general, the...

Portfolio risk forecasting has been and continues to be an active research field for both academics and practitioners. Almost all institutional investment management firms use quantitative models for their portfolio forecasting, and researchers have explored models' econometric foundations,...

Harry M Markowitz received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1990 for his pioneering work in portfolio theory. He also received the von Neumann Prize from the Institute of Management Science and the Operations Research Institute of America in 1989 for his work in portfolio theory, sparse matrices...

Praise for Way of the Trade + Online Video Course "Jea Yu's Way of the Trade offers serious traders a comprehensive and compelling approach to short-term trading. Jea writes in a reader-friendly style, connecting market realities with sound trading techniques and risk management strategies. If...

"I liked this book because it gave me a good review of the mathematics of option pricing. The chapters are well written and were clear to me."-INFORMS Journal on Computing, 25(1), 2013"… is suitable for the practitioner in search of a hands-on approach to the topic, as well as the...

Recent events have shown that sovereigns, just like banks, can be subject to runs, highlighting the importance of the investor base for their liabilities. This paper proposes a methodology for compiling internationally comparable estimates of investor holdings of sovereign debt. Based on this...

This book examines the daily problems of responsible investment practitioners. It emphasizes the importance of asking the right questions as well as getting the right answers; and of process as well as product. It raises questions about the very purpose of investment and the responsibilities of...

Intro -- THE RECENT TREND OF HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES -- THE RECENT TREND OF HEDGE FUND STRATEGIES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Expert Commentary THE 2008-2009 FINANCIAL CRISIS: RISK MODEL TRANSPARENCY AND INCENTIVES -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Incentives and Risk Models -- 3. Meaning of Transparency --...

Key Features:Contributors are practitioners and academics from leading institutions such as Citigroup, Lehmen Brothers, JP Morgan, University of Cambridge, Imperial College London and Stanford University.