Bøger af Jon Gregory

Finding a good job and establishing the start of a career is hard work. The right qualifications are vital, but they alone won't win an interview. Relevant work experience is a necessity, but on its own won't win that job offer. So what will? Technique. Today, job applicants face a multi-stage challenge and they must: survive initial selection by software robots; get approval from the HR gate-keepers; stand out from their peers during complex multi-stage selection interviews; and finally individually win over the decision-making managers. This book shows job-hunters how to avoid getting caught out through sending hundreds of applications, wasting time at odds of 1000 to 1 or worse, only to get nothing. Step by step, using the latest tools and techniques, it takes job-hunters through: finding and targeting the right opportunities, including the 'hidden' ones; pressing the right buttons on their CVs, on applications and online; distilling the killer shots out of even a short period of work-experience; preparing so systematically that they effectively win the job before the interview; controlling their nerves & demonstrating that they really are the No. 1 choice. Job hunters can be sure that, if they learn a good set of search, application and interview skills now, they're going to have lots of opportunity to re-use them during the course of their working lives. Learning how to win that job by applying the techniques from this book is likely to be the best investment they'll ever make in themselves.

A thoroughly updated and expanded edition of the xVA challengeThe period since the global financial crisis has seen a major re-appraisal of derivatives valuation, generally expressed in the form of valuation adjustments ('xVAs'). The quantification of xVA is now seen as fundamental to derivatives pricing and valuation. The xVA topic has been complicated and further broadened by accounting standards and regulation. All users of derivatives need to have a good understanding of the implications of xVA. The pricing and valuation of the different xVA terms has become a much studied topic and many aspects are in constant debate both in industry and academia.* Discussing counterparty credit risk in detail, including the many risk mitigants, and how this leads to the different xVA terms* Explains why banks have undertaken a dramatic reappraisal of the assumptions they make when pricing, valuing and managing derivatives* Covers what the industry generally means by xVA and how it is used by banks, financial institutions and end-users of derivatives* Explains all of the underlying regulatory capital (e.g. SA-CCR, SA-CVA) and liquidity requirements (NSFR and LCR) and their impact on xVA* Underscores why banks have realised the significant impact that funding costs, collateral effects and capital charges have on valuation* Explains how the evolution of accounting standards to cover CVA, DVA, FVA and potentially other valuation adjustments* Explains all of the valuation adjustments - CVA, DVA, FVA, ColVA, MVA and KVA - in detail and how they fit together* Covers quantification of xVA terms by discussing modelling and implementation aspects.Taking into account the nature of the underlying market dynamics and new regulatory environment, this book brings readers up to speed on the latest developments on the topic.