Risk Takers : : Uses and Abuses of Financial Derivatives / / John Marthinsen.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2018 Part 1
• VerfasserIn: Marthinsen, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Edition: 3rd ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (XXI, 365 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; About De/G PRESS --; Acknowledgments --; Contents --; Preface --; Chapter 1. Primer on Derivatives --; Chapter 2. Employee Stock Options --; Chapter 3. Metallgesellschaft AG --; Chapter 4. Swaps That Shook an Industry --; Chapter 5. Orange County --; Chapter 6. Barings Bank PLC --; Chapter 7. Long-Term Capital Mismanagement --; Chapter 8. Amaranth Advisors LLC --; Chapter 9. Société Générale and Rogue Trader Jérôme Kerviel --; Chapter 10. AIG: Two Roads to Ruin --; Chapter 11. JPMorgan Chase and the “London Whale” --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781547400034; 9783110762488; 9783110719550; 9783110604252; 9783110603255; 9783110603101; 9783110604016
• DOI: 10.1515/9781547400034
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: John Marthinsen.

Risk Takers: Uses and Abuses of Financial Derivatives goes to the heart of the arcane and largely misunderstood world of derivative finance and makes it accessible to everyone—even novice readers. Marthinsen takes us behind the scenes, into the back alleyways of corporate finance and derivative trading, to provide a bird’s-eye view of the most shocking financial disasters of the past quarter century. The book draws on real-life stories to explain how financial derivatives can be used to create or to destroy value. In an approachable, non-technical manner, Marthinsen brings these financial derivatives situations to life, fully exploring the context of each event, evaluating their outcomes, and bridging the gap between theory and practice.