Capital Markets 5th Edition Solutions

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The substantially revised fifth edition of a textbook covering the wide range of instruments available in financial markets with a new emphasis on risk management.Over the last fifty years an extensive array of instruments for financing investing and controlling risk has become available in financial markets with demand for these innovations driven by the needs of investors and borrowers. The recent financial crisis offered painful lessons on the consequences of ignoring the risks associated with new financial products and strategies. This substantially revised fifth edition of a widely used text covers financial product innovation with a new emphasis on risk management and regulatory reform. Chapters from the previous edition have been updated and new chapters cover material that reflects recent developments in financial markets.The book begins with an introduction to financial markets offering a new chapter that provides an overview of risk�including the key elements of financial risk management and the identification and quantification of risk. The book then covers market participants including a new chapter on collective investment products managed by asset management firmsthe basics of cash and derivatives markets with new coverage of financial derivatives and securitizationtheories of risk and return with a new chapter on return distributions and risk measuresthe structure of interest rates and the pricing of debt obligationsequity marketsdebt markets including chapters on money market instruments municipal securities and credit sensitive securitized productsand advanced coverage of derivative markets. Each chapter ends with a review of key points and questions based on the material covered.Read more