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Credit Derivatives and
Synthetic Securitisation
Guide to Commoditisation of Credit Risk

By Vinod Kothari
July 2002 edition
with Updates upto May 2003

Overwhelming response from all over the World!!

"Vinod Kothari never ceases to amaze me. Whereas other books and articles
limit their approach to one angle, Vinod manages to cover all the relevant
information in an easy to understand form. Any one of the chapters is worth
the cover price alone!" - Luke Mellor, international trainer on CDOs and Managing Director of Creative Capital Partners

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Bibliographic details:

Name of the book: Credit Derivatives and Synthetic Securitisation
Edition: July 2002; with updates (pull out) upto May 2003
No of pages: 464 + updates 20
Size: Royal
Binding: Hard bound with colour jacket on glossy art paper
ISBN Number: 81-901463-0-0

Price USD 75 (Seventy five US dollars); Special price in India (not for export) Rs. 1250/-

Highlights

Credit Derivatives and Synthetic Securitisation

Credit derivatives, a device of structured trading in credit risks, emerged around 1993 and in a short span of 8 years has attained a global volume of USD 1.5 trillion. Credit derivatives are today used in global banking to transfer risks, clone debt securities, structure and leverage positions on credit assets, etc.

Add to it the device of securitisation, and credit risk becomes a commodity for the capital markets.

Cohesive and comprehensive guide:

Vinod Kothari’s treatise is consistent and cohesive being written by a single author (except for 2 chapters by guest contributors) – a feature that multi-author anthologies are regrettably found lacking.

And it is comprehensive – picking up the essential conceptual threads of credit derivatives, the author takes you through the nitty-gritty of synthetic securitisation with the help of several recent, real-life case studies. The discussion includes a lucid easy-to-read exposition of the legal, tax and accounting rules, including the latest accounting standards FAS 133/ IAS 39.

The case studies have been selected to represent various types of synthetic CDOs from recent transactions – and each highlights the developing life cycle of the synthetic CDO product.

Highlights:

  • Updated information on global developments till end-June 2002
  • A unique FREE update service to keep you updated on developments up till December 31, 2002 (only for one person per copy bought) (Updates have already been posted upto Feb 2003)
  • Main author and Guest contributors elaborately discuss pricing of credit derivatives
  • A comprehensive glossary of credit derivative terms
  • Cross-referenced and richly annotated text
  • Elaborate subject index.

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