Risk Management: The Swaps & Financial Derivatives Library

In this successor to Swap Financing (1989) and Swaps and Financial Derivatives (1994), an expert in the area of risk management, financial derivatives (instruments used to trade or manage assets), and capital markets touts the development of derivative instruments as "perhaps the most significant aspect of capital markets in the last 20 years." After explaining how derivatives have impacted financial activities and benefitted investors and other market participants, Das (MBA, Australian Graduate School of Management) presents an accessible, in-depth review of risk management principles, models, and methodologies for quantifying and managing the various types of risk. Then he shifts to organizational, documentation, legal and regulatory aspects. The accompanying CD-ROM contains technical documents and trial valuation software. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Satyajit Das is an international specialist in the area of financial derivatives, risk management and capital markets. Since 1994, he has been a consultant to financial institutions and corporations on derivatives and financial products and risk management issues. He presents seminars on financial derivatives/ risk management and capital markets in Europe, North America, Asia and Australia.
Between 1988 and 1994, Das was the Treasurer of the TNT Group, an Australian based international transport and logistics company with responsibility for the Global Treasury function, including liquidity management, corporate finance, funding/ capital markets and financial risk management. Between 1977 and 1987, he worked in banking with the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Citicorp Investment Bank and Merrill Lynch Capital Markets specializing in capital markets and risk management / derivative products.
Das holds Bachelors’ degrees in Commerce (Accounting, Finance and Systems) and Law from the University of New South Wales and a Masters Degree in Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management.