The Front Office Manual: The Definitive Guide To Trading, Structuring And Sales Hardcover

India

Sutherland, Andrew

How do investment bankers look at financial products?Many books on finance will explain high-level concepts, or give explanations of the legal landscape, or compendious lists of products - but rarely will they get into the details as practiced in an investment bank. People who work in banks do things differently. Many techniques, to this day, are passed on by word-of-mouth. This book will answer questions like?What is the OIS curve - and why is it so popular?What does the 'Product Control' department actually do? How do you create a yield curve in the post-LIBOR world?If you work in a bank (or want to) the answers to questions like these are vital. In The Front Office Manual the authors give the details needed, in a clear and readable way, so the reader can professionally approach solving problems. Focusing on the most important products and concepts used in investment banking, this book provides the building blocks for clear-headed analysis. From yield curves to credit-default swaps - The Front Office Manual is an excellent resource for the details.

1137030682

9781137030689

English

Palgrave MacMillan

23 Dec 2013

297

Andrew Sutherland is a finance enthusiast with seventeen years of experience in the industry. After obtaining his law degree from the University of Virginia in 1995, Andrew became a derivatives technologist for Citibank in New York. From New York, he moved to London, where he became a structured products trader for Citi, working with interest rate products and FX. He has since become a front-office technology expert, leading teams to develop complex front-office systems for a variety of institutions, including Barclays and HSBC. He lives in London with his wife and two children.Jason Court is a director of boutique consultancy Jmoni Limited. He started his career in the City of London in 1986 working in operations for Midland Bank International (now HSBC) before moving into corporate treasury sales, specialising in rates and foreign exchange. In the mid-1990s he moved into information technology as an analyst, leveraging his detailed front to back process and product knowledge. He has worked at Baring Brothers (now ING Barings) in debt derivatives, Merrill Lynch (now Bank America Merrill Lynch) where he was Head of Emerging Markets Technology, and Credit Suisse where he ran equity derivatives technology in EMEA. He is an avid cricket fan, and when not working enjoys spending time at the Oval watching Surrey CCC with his three children.

Court, Jason