Amazon.com description: Product Description: Credit Derivatives Trading & Management of Credit & Default Risk Written by some of the industry’s leading names, Credit Derivatives - Trading & Management of Credit and Default Riskprovides a comprehensive overview of this increasingly important financial instrument. Credit Derivatives promise to revolutionise the management of credit risk in banking and capital markets. Credit Derivatives will be essential for commercial and investment banks as well as brokers active in credit derivative products; liability and investment managers who utilise or are looking at utilising credit derivatives; consultants, IT firms and accountants active in advising traders or users of these instruments; and, regulatory agencies. It can also be used in practical in-house training programmes as well as in post-graduate programmes such as MBA or Applied Finance courses in credit risk management, either as the primary text or supplementary reading. Credit Derivatives is edited by the author of Swaps & Financial Derivatives, Satyajit Das, who is also the major contributor to the book. There are additional specialist chapters by practitioners drawn from industry leaders including: Citibank Limited Clifford Chance JP Morgan KMV Corporation Moody’s Investors Service Price Waterhouse "In a rapidly developing area of finance, where knowledge and information are jealously guarded, this book offers a means of ‘getting up to speed’ on a topic that may well fundamentally alter the way the banking and investment community handles credit risk." - Mark Schneider, Head of New Markets Société Générale Australia Limited "In his usual style, Das has produced…one of the most extensive discussions of credit derivatives…A must have reference for students and market practitioners alike." - Quentin K. Hills, Head, Derivatives Marketing - Asia Citibank, N.A. "…too often this kind of ‘real world’ material does not get included in derivatives books…This has the right combination of basic explanation and technical material." - Nick Reed, Director, RVC Associates "…a comprehensive collection of material on…this relatively new field of banking practice." - Ralph Yiehmin Liu, Managing Director, Advanced Risk Management Solutions Pte Ltd