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The Gilt-edged Market by Moorad Choudhry,Graham  "Harry" Cross,Jim Harrison
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The Gilt-edged Market [Hardback]

Securities Institute Operations Management Series

by Moorad Choudhry and Graham "Harry" Cross and Jim Harrison
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Description of The Gilt-edged Market

"The Gilt-Edged Market" is specifically aimed at finance professionals and investors who need to understand the inner working of the United Kingdom gilt market. There is detailed coverage of the different gilt instruments, as well as a look at the structures, institutions and practices of the market itself. Topics include: Bond basics; Conventional gilts; Index-linked gilts; Gilt strips; The gilt repo market; The gilt bond future basis; and Yield spread trading using gilts. There are also personal reminiscenes that illustrate the great changes that have occurred in this market since Big Bang, as well as an exposition on the art of trading. "The Gilt-Edged Market" is ideal reading for traders, salespersons, fund managers, private investors and other professionals involved to any extent in the UK gilt market. The latest research on index-linked gilts, gilt markets and sterling debt markets presented in an enthusiastic, readable style. It is written by gilt-edged market makers and dealers to ensure realistic, practical coverage as well as a clear explanation of the theory, so readers gain from years' experience. It includes Foreword by Mike Williams, CEO of the Debt Management Office.

Title Information

ISBN:
9780750651639
Pages:
304 pages
Format:
Hardback
Product Code:
16260
Publisher:
Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
Published:
01/05/2003
Edition:
1st Edition

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About Moorad Choudhry and Graham "Harry" Cross and Jim Harrison

Moorad Choudhry is Head of Business Treasury in Global Banking and Markets (GBM) Treasury at the Royal Bank of Scotland. He is thus responsible for providing RBS with the expertise and capabilities required to manage its balance sheet, funding, and liquidity. He is also Visiting Professor at the Department of Economics, London Metropolitan University, and a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Mathematical Trading and Finance, CASS Business School.

Contents of The Gilt-edged Market

The gilt-edged market: an introduction
A primer on bond basics

The gilt-edged market I: structure and institutions
The gilt-edged market II: index-linked gilts
The Gilt-edged market III: the gilt strips market

The gilt repo market

The gilt bond basis
The gilt bond basis II

Information content of the gilt yield curve

The art of government bond trading

Approaches to yield spread trading using gilts

Being some reminiscences of the gilt market...

Glossary


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