Property Derivatives: Pricing, Hedging and Applications
by Juerg M. Syz
Wiley | 2008 | ISBN: 0470998024 | Pages: 252 | PDF | 4.10 MB
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Property derivatives have the potential to revolutionize real estate - the last major asset class without a liquid derivatives market. The new instruments offer ease and flexibility in the management of property risk and return. Property funds, insurance companies, pension and life funds, speculators, hedge funds or any asset manager with a view on the real estate market can apply the new derivatives to hedge property risk, to invest synthetically in real estate, or for portfolio optimization. Moreover, developers, builders, home suppliers, occupiers, banks, mortgage lenders and governmental agencies can better cope with their real estate exposure using property derivatives. This book is a practical introduction to property derivatives and their numerous applications. Providing a comprehensive overview of the property derivativesmarket and indices, there is also in-depth coverage of pricing, hedgingand risk management, which will deepen the readers understanding of themarket's mechanisms. Covering both the theoretical and practicalaspects of the propertyderivatives markets; this book is the definitive reference guide to a new and fast-growing market.