Weather Risk Management

Market, Products and Applications
2001
ISBN: 978-0-333-97225-0
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 366 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 746 g

Reihe: Finance and Capital Markets Series

The definitive guide to the rapidly expanding weather risk management market. The US Department of Commerce estimates that nearly 10% of the US's $9 trillion GDP is exposed to weather risk. All over the world providers and end users are recognizing this fact and are turning their attention to ways of protecting against or taking advantage of changes in the weather. The market is expected to expand rapidly and is one of the fastest areas of growth in the financial arena.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Banks, E.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART 1: THE WEATHER MARKET Introduction to Weather Risk Management Weather Fundamentals The Economics of Weather PART 2: MARKET PARTICIPANTS Providers End Users PART 3: RISK MANAGEMENT MARKETS, PRODUCTS AND STRATEGIES Underlying Markets and Indexes Risk Products Risk Strategies and Modeling Data Legal and Regulatory Issues Finance and Accounting Treatment Risk Considerations Glossary Appendices Index References

Über Autor(innen)

Written by a team from Element Re, a pioneering group formerly with Enron who helped create the weather derivative market. Edited by ERIK BANKS, also of Element Re and formerly with Merrill Lynch, author of numerous texts on the derivatives and credit markets for Macmillan.