The Management of Bond Investments and the Trading of Debt, a book intended for managers and experts in business and industry, focuses on three main issues:

options, risks, and rewards available to bondholders when investing in debt products;

the dynamics of inflation and their impact on bond market trading and investment choices; and

the global economy’s impact on the bond market, the socialization of risk and the democratization of credit.

Dimitris Chorafas, a financial expert, discusses these issues in plain language for managers and professionals in commercial banks, securities firms, financial services companies, merchandising firms, manufacturing firms, and consulting firms. The mathematical treatment of the issues is included in the appendices and is available for study but is not necessary to comprehend the business issues covered in the book.

Uses plain, uncomplicated language for managers and professionals in business and industry, with mathematical treatment supplied in appendices. Concentrates on emerging topics of key relevance in bond and debt trading today.
A thorough discussion of operational risk that is novel to publications on the subject

Describe the book

Dimitris Chorafas, a financial specialist, outlines the changing nature of bonds and debt trading for business and industry.

Who the Author Is

Dr. Dimitris N. Chorafas has provided strategic planning, risk management, computer and communications systems, and internal controls advice to financial institutions and industrial businesses since 1961. Dr. Chorafas is a Fulbright scholar and a graduate of the Technical University of Athens, the University of Paris, and the University of California, Los Angeles. The Union Bank of Switzerland, Bank Vontobel, CEDEL, the Bank of Scotland, Credit Agricole, Austrian Länderbank (Bank Austria), First Austrian Bank, Commerzbank, Dresdner Bank, Mid-Med Bank, Demir Bank, Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura, Istituto Bancario Italiano, Credito Commerciale, and Banca Provinciale Lombarda are among the financial institutions that have requested his assistance. General Electric-Bull, Univac, Honeywell, Digital Equipment Corp., Olivetti, Nestlé, Omega, Italcementi, Italmobiliare, AEG-Telefunken, Olympia, Osram, Antar, Pechiney, the American Management Association, and numerous other client companies in Europe and the United States are among the multinational corporations Dr. Chorafas has advised top management for. Dr. Chorafas has worked as an adjunct professor at Georgia Institute of Technology, Washington State University, George Washington University, University of Vermont, and the Catholic University of America. Likewise, the Technical University of Karlsruhe, the University of Alberta, and the Ecole d’Etudes Industrielles de l’Université de Genève. His lectures have been attended by more than 6,000 financial, industrial, and government leaders from the United States, England, Germany, other nations in Europe, Asia, and Latin America.