Finance and the finance industry

This book presents recent advances in the theory and implementation of intelligent and other computational techniques in the insurance industry.

This book contains 17 articles on stochastic processes (stochastic calculus and Malliavin calculus, functionals of Brownian motions and Levy processes, stochastic control and optimization problems, stochastic numerics, and so on) and their applications to problems in mathematical finance.

This workshop was the first of its kind in bringing together researchers in probability theory, stochastic processes, insurance and finance from mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia and the United States.

This book presents the contributions to the first Wild@Ace conference.

To truly understand the current interest in the development of Islamic banking and finance in South-East Asia, and how it is different from the conventional banking system, the author believes one must firstly understand the religious relationship originating from the Qur'an, and then trace the historical geographic and political developments of Islam over recent centuries.

NewsProfessor Cheng-Few Lee ranks #1 based on his publications in the 26 core finance journals, and #163 based on publications in the 7 leading finance journals (Source: Most Prolific Authors in the Finance Literature: 1959-2008 by Jean L Heck and Philip L Cooley (Saint Joseph's University and Trinity University).

With the CNY revaluation perspectives, hundreds of billions of US dollars have been invested in various types of CNY-related derivative products.

Bank failures, like illness and taxes, are almost a certainty at some time in the future.

The first edition of Theory of Valuation is a collection of important papers in the field of theoretical financial economics published from 1973 to 1986, and original accompanying essays contributed by eminent researchers including Robert C Merton, Edward C Prescott, Stephen A Ross, and Joseph E Stiglitz.

The World of Hedge Funds is a compendium of distinguished papers focusing on the cutting-edge analysis of hedge funds.

The compendium of papers in this volume focuses on aspects of economic uncertainty, financial instabilities and asset bubbles.

This monograph represents a unified coherent perspective of financial markets and the theory of corporate finance.

Risk management is a foundation discipline for the prudent conduct of investment management.

In recent years, the banking industry has faced significant challenges due to deregulation, globalization, financial innovation, and intensified global competition.

NewsProfessor Cheng-Few Lee ranks #1 based on his publications in the 26 core finance journals, and #163 based on publications in the 7 leading finance journals (Source: Most Prolific Authors in the Finance Literature: 1959-2008 by Jean L Heck and Philip L Cooley (Saint Joseph's University and Trinity University).

The present book contains much more materials than the author's previous book The Science of Financial Market Trading.

A reprint of one of the classic volumes on portfolio theory and investment, this book has been used by the leading professors at universities such as Stanford, Berkeley, and Carnegie-Mellon.

Wealth Wisdom for Everyone, as featured on Prime Time Morning on Channel NewsAsia, provides a simple yet powerful approach to managing your personal finances and building your personal wealth.

Cross-border banking, while having the potential for a more efficient financial sector, also creates potential challenges for bank supervisors and regulators.

This unique volume provides a comprehensive overview of all the major aspects of modern drinking water systems in the western European context.

This book explores the potential and problems of bank safety and efficiency arising from the rapidly growing area of cross-border banking in the form of branches or subsidiaries with primarily only national prudential regulation.

The current literature on financial economics is dominated by neoclassical dogma and, supposedly, the notion of value-neutrality.

The globalization of financial markets has led to an integrated world market.

The recent growth of credit derivatives has been explosive.

This book provides a comprehensive discussion of the issues related to risk, volatility, value and risk management.

This book contains several innovative models for the prices of financial assets.

The objective of this book is to help an individual (or a family) design a personal investment strategy.

The cost of capital concept has myriad applications in business decision-making.

This pioneering book describes the applications of agent-based modeling to financial markets.

Modern asset pricing models play a central role in finance and economic theory and applications.

The Asian stock market is commonly regarded as confusing for many investors, yet it is arguably the most exciting market in the world today.

To truly understand the current interest in the development of Islamic banking and finance in South-East Asia and how it is different from the conventional banking system, one must first understand the religious relationship originating from the Qur'an, and then trace the historical geographic and political developments of Islam over recent centuries.

This book explores the important topic of fiscal decentralization in Asian countries, and focuses on how government finance and administration are being reformed to bring budgetary decisions closer to voters.

A reprint of one of the classic volumes on racetrack efficiency, this book is the only one in its field that deals with the racetrack betting market in-depth, containing all the important historical papers on racetrack efficiency.

This book is a collection of original papers by Robert Jarrow that contributed to significant advances in financial economics.

Harry M Markowitz received the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1990 for his pioneering work in portfolio theory.

The phenomenal worldwide development over the past decade of Islamic banking and finance is drawing much attention to Southeast Asia, which, on the platform of its own economic growth success, is also proving to be the gateway for Middle Eastern petrodollar investments into the two great emerging markets of India and China.

A decade has passed since the Asian crisis of 1997-1998 which decimated many of the regional economies.

Hedge funds are perhaps the hottest topic in finance today, but little material of substance to date has been written on the topic.

The Euro area is an extremely unique and important currency area for two reasons.

This book covers fundamental concepts in financial markets and asset pricing such as hedging, arbitrage, speculation in different markets, classical models for pricing of simple and complex derivatives, mathematical foundations, managing and monitoring portfolios of derivatives in real time, etc.

This timely collection of papers probes into the major issues that are at the heart of our current financial market crises.

The current financial crisis provides a valuable occasion for the world to re-examine the grand statements of wisdom which dominate the financial world for a long time.

This book combines academic research and practical expertise on alternative assets and trading strategies in a unique way.

Derivatives Algorithms provides a unique expert overview of the abstractions and coding methods which support real-world derivatives trading.

The book surveys modern literature on financial aggregation and index number theory, with special emphasis on the contributions of the book's two coauthors.

The Handbook of Microfinance showcases an expansive collection of works from leading academics and field practitioners.

This book consists of 11 papers based on research presented at the KIER-TMU International Workshop on Financial Engineering, held in Tokyo in 2009.

This book provides a comprehensive account of stochastic filtering as a modeling tool in finance and economics.

This book contains the recent contributions of Edwin J Elton and Martin J Gruber to the field of investments.