Financial Times Handbook of Financial Engineering, The

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• 1.  Introduction 2.  The Cash Markets 3.  Forward Rates 4.  FRAs 5.  Financial Futures 6.  Short-Term Interest Rate Futures 7.  Bond and Stock Index Futures 8.  Swaps 9.  Pricing 10. Options – Basics and Pricing 10A. Options – Volatility and the Greeks 11. Options - From Building Blocks to Portfolios 12.  Interest Rate and Exotic Options 13.  Introducing Credit Derivatives 13A.  CDS Pricing and Credit Indices 14.  Applications for Financial Engineering 15.  Managing Currency Risk 16.  Managing Interest-Rate Risk using FRAs, Futures and Swaps 17.  Managing Interest-Rate Risk – Using Options and Option-Based Instruments 18.  Managing Equity Risk 19.  Managing Commodity Risk 20.  Managing Credit Risk 21.  Structured Products