Simo M. Dafir, Vishnu N. Gajjala

eBook, ePUB

Fuel Hedging and Risk Management (eBook, ePUB)

Strategies for Airlines, Shippers and Other Consumers

Beschreibung

A hands-on guide to navigating the new fuel markets Fuel Hedging and Risk Management: Strategies for Airlines, Shippers and Other Consumers provides a clear and practical understanding of commodity price dynamics, key fuel hedging techniques, and risk management strategies for the corporate fuel consumer. It covers the commodity markets and derivative instruments in a manner accessible to corporate treasurers, financial officers, risk managers, commodity traders, structurers, as well as quantitative professionals dealing in the energy markets. The book includes a wide variety of key topics related to commodities and derivatives markets, financial risk analysis of commodity consumers, hedge program design and implementation, vanilla derivatives and exotic hedging products. The book is unique in providing intuitive guidance on understanding the dynamics of forward curves and volatility term structure for commodities, fuel derivatives valuation and counterparty risk concepts such as CVA, DVA and FVA. Fully up-to-date and relevant, this book includes comprehensive case studies that illustrate the hedging process from conception to execution and monitoring of hedges in diverse situations. This practical guide will help the reader: * Gain expert insight into all aspects of fuel hedging, price and volatility drivers and dynamics. * Develop a framework for financial risk analysis and hedge programs. * Navigate volatile energy markets by employing effective risk management techniques. * Manage unwanted risks associated with commodity derivatives by understanding liquidity and credit risk calculations, exposure optimization techniques, credit charges such as CVA, DVA, FVA, etc.

Technische Details

• Geräte: eReader
• mit Kopierschutz
• Größe: 5.73MB

Barrierefreiheit

• Text-to-Speech

Autor

SIMO M. DAFIR is a Managing Director at Volguard, a financial consulting firm specializing in Capital Markets, Wealth Management and Derivatives. He has over fourteen years of experience during which he has held senior positions in a number of major international banks in Hong Kong and Singapore. He was the Regional Head of Commodity Structuring at Standard Chartered Bank, Head of Commodity Exotics and Hybrids at Merrill Lynch Asia, and Trader of Credit Derivatives at Credit Suisse. He is also Professor of Global Financial Markets at Sorbonne Assas International Law School and an expert witness for financial markets litigations. Dafir started his career in Aerospace and Telecom at the European Space Agency and Alcatel. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, a Post Graduate Research Degree from the National Polytechnic Institute of Toulouse, an MSc in Automation from ENSEEIHT and a Bachelor's degree in Mathematics.

VISHNU N. GAJJALA is a commodity derivatives expert at Volguard, where he oversees the financial market analytics business. He has held positions in commodities structuring and sales at institutions including Standard Chartered Bank and Merrill Lynch, where he developed customized strategies for commodity hedgers and investors, including airlines, mining companies, trading houses, private banks and sovereign wealth funds. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras and an MBA from IIM Bangalore. Vishnu currently resides in Singapore.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119026730
• Artikelnr.: 44870674