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The Wiley Finance Ser.: How to Invest in Structured Products : A Guide for Investors and Asset Managers by Andreas Bluemke (2009, Hardcover)

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It also explains how to avoid important pitfalls in products across all asset classes, pitfalls that have led to huge losses over recent years, including detailed coverage of counterparty risk, the fall of Lehman Brothers and other key aspects of the financial crisis related to structured products.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherWiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

ISBN-100470746793

ISBN-139780470746790

eBay Product ID (ePID)73199843

Product Key Features

Number of Pages400 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameHow to Invest in Structured Products : a Guide for Investors and Asset Managers

SubjectBanks & Banking, Investments & Securities / General

Publication Year2009

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaBusiness & Economics

AuthorAndreas Bluemke

SeriesThe Wiley Finance Ser.

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight28.9 Oz

Item Length9.9 in

Item Width6.9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2009-015952

Dewey Edition22

Series Volume Number459

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal332.63/2

Table Of ContentDisclaimer x Foreword xi Acknowledgements xiii Goal of this book xv Who should be interested xvii Content summary xviii Part I Individual Structured Products 1 1 Introduction 3 2 Generalities About Structured Products 7 2.1 A Definition by Analogy 7 2.2 Buyers, Sellers and Reasons for Investing in Structured Products 9 2.3 Reading a Payoff Diagram 14 2.4 Reading a Payoff Formula 16 2.5 Reading a Term-Sheet 19 3 The Categories of Structured Products 33 3.1 Capital Guaranteed Products 34 3.2 Yield Enhancement 43 3.3 Participation 53 4 Behavior of Structured Products During their Lifetime 71 4.1 Main Valuation and Risk Measures 71 4.2 Capital Guarantee 78 4.3 Yield Enhancement 88 4.4 Participation Products 98 4.5 Other Participation Products 108 5 Common Special Features of Structured Products 117 5.1 Quanto Options 117 5.2 Barrier Options 121 5.3 Autocall and Callable Options 124 5.4 Rolling Products and Products Without Fixed Maturity 134 5.5 Conditional and Accumulating Coupons 136 6 Functionality Options of Structured Products 139 6.1 Physical or Cash Delivery with Equity-Based Products 139 6.2 Clean Price and Dirty Price 140 6.3 Lending Values 140 6.4 Issue Minimum/Maximum Size and Liquidity 142 6.5 Funding Rates and Counterparty/Credit Risk 145 7 Foreign Exchange, Fixed Income and Commodity Products 151 7.1 FX-Based Structures 151 7.2 Fixed Income Structures 168 7.3 Commodity Structures 187 8 Recent Developments 207 8.1 Customized Index Products 207 8.2 Actively Managed Certificates 210 8.3 Electronic Trading Platforms 213 Part II Structured Products in a Portfolio Context 217 9 Introduction to Part II 219 10 Classical Theory and Structured Products 223 10.1 Distribution of Returns Shapes 223 10.2 Classical Portfolio Management Theories 227 10.3 Classical Theory and Structured Products 230 10.4 Conclusion 233 11 Structured Solution Proposal 235 11.1 Preferred Distribution of Return Investment Process 235 11.2 Distribution Classes: The Return Distribution Cube 238 11.3 An Investor's Utility (Value) Curve 240 11.4 Questionnaire 246 12 Return Distributions of Structured Products 259 12.1 Procedure and Data 259 12.2 Capital Guaranteed Products 264 12.3 Yield Enhancement Products 274 12.4 Participation Products 289 12.5 Conclusion: Product Classification 298 13 Structured Portfolio Construction 301 13.1 Portfolio Construction Process 301 13.2 Constructing a Structured Product Portfolio in Theory 302 13.3 Preferred Return Distribution Process Versus Classic Portfolio Management 305 13.4 Investor Portfolios 311 14 Final Words 317 Appendix A: Glossary of Terms 321 Appendix B: Distribution of Returns: An Intuitive Explanation 333 Appendix C: Questionnaire 337 Appendix D: List of Figures 341 Appendix E: List of Tables 345 Appendix F: Index Information 349 Appendix G: Issuer and Product-Related Websites 351 Bibliography 353 Index 355

SynopsisNever has there been a greater need to fully understand the investments and allocation choices you are making. How to Invest in Structured Products is a one stop shop for asset managers looking to understand and make the right investments in structured products., This book is essential in understanding, investing and risk managing the holy grail of investments - structured products. The book begins by introducing structured products by way of a basic guide so that readers will be able to understand a payoff graphic, read a termsheet or assess a payoff formula, before moving on to the key asset classes and their peculiarities. Readers will then move on to the more advanced subjects such as structured products construction and behaviour during their lifetime. It also explains how to avoid important pitfalls in products across all asset classes, pitfalls that have led to huge losses over recent years, including detailed coverage of counterparty risk, the fall of Lehman Brothers and other key aspects of the financial crisis related to structured products. The second part of the book presents an original approach to implementing structured products in a portfolio. Key features include: A comprehensive list of factors an investor needs to take into consideration before investing. This makes it a great help to any buyer of structured products; Unbiased advice on product investments across several asset classes: equities, fixed income, foreign exchange and commodities; Guidance on how to implement structured products in a portfolio context; A comprehensive questionnaire that will help investors to define their own investment preferences, allowing for a greater precision when facing investment decisions; An original approach determining the typical distribution of returns for major product types, essential for product classification and optimal portfolio implementation purposes; Written in a fresh, clear and understandable style, with many figures illustrating the products and very little mathematics. This book will enable you to better comprehend the use of structured products in everyday banking, quickly analyzing a product, assessing which of your clients it suits, and recognizing its major pitfalls. You will be able to see the added value versus the cost of a product and if the payoff is compatible with the market expectations., Never before has there been a greater need to understand fully the investments and allocation choices you are making. How to Invest in Structural Products: A Guide for Investors and Asset Managers is essential in understanding, investing and risk managing the holy grail of investments - structured products. The book begins by introducing structured products by way of a basic guide so that readers will be able to understand a payoff graphic, read a termsheet or assess a payoff formula, before moving on to the key asset classes and their peculiarities. Readers will then move on to the more advanced subjects such as structured products construction and behavior. It also explains how to avoid important pitfalls in products across all asset classes, pitfalls that have led to huge losses over recent years, including detailed coverage of counterparty risk, the fall of Lehman Brothers and other key aspects of the financial crisis related to structure products. Key features include: A comprehensive list of factors an investor needs to take into consideration before investing. This makes it a great help to any buyer of structured products; Unbiased advice on product investments across several asset classes: equities, fixed income, foreign exchange and commodities; Guidance on how to implement structured products in a portfolio context; A comprehensive questionnaire that will help investors to define their own investment preferences, allowing for a greater precision when facing investment decisions; An original approach determining the typical distribution of returns for major product types, essential for product classification and optimal portfolio implementation purposes; Written in a fresh clear and understandable style, with many figures illustrating the products and very little mathematics. This book will enable you to better comprehend the use of structured products in everyday banking quickly analyzing a product, assessing which of your clients it suits, and recognizing its major pitfalls. You will be able to see the added value versus the cost of a product and if the payoffs is compatible with the market expectations.

LC Classification NumberHG4521.B562 2009