Structured Equity Derivatives

Preface.

The General Framework.

Stocks and Stock Market Indices.

Special Contract Features.

Index-Linked Cash Flows.

Pricing and Hedging.

Improved Efficiency.

Risk Management.

Reducing the Costs of Buying Options.

Equity-Linked Bull Notes.

Raising the Participation Rate.

Market Timing and Non-Bullish Views.

Digital and Coupon Bearing Notes.

Equity-Linked Saving.

Appendix A.

Appendix B.

Appendix C.

Bibliography.

Index.

HARRY M. KAT has over 12 years of experience in global capital markets, lastly as Head of Equity Derivatives Europe at Bank of America in London. Prior to that he was Head of Derivatives Structuring and Marketing at First Chicago in Tokyo and Head of Derivatives Research at MeesPierson in Amsterdam. He holds MBA and PhD degrees in economics and econometrics from the University of Amsterdam and is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Derivatives and The Journal of Alternative Investments. Dr Kat has published extensively in the field of derivatives in well-known journals such as The Journal of Financial Engineering, The Journal of Derivatives, Applied Mathematical Finance and Risk. He is currently Associate Professor of Finance at the ISMA Centre at the University of Reading (UK), where he lectures on financial engineering and structured derivatives, and acts as a consultant to a select number of asset managers and hedge funds.

"...there is no question that many industry participants will learn from and enjoy reading his book." (Risk, March 2002)