Financial mathematics for actuaries

By:

Chan, Wai-Sum

Contributor(s):

Tse, Yiu-Kuen

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd. Singapore 2020Edition: 2ndDescription: xviii, 353 pISBN:

9780000988645

Subject(s):

Business mathematics

DDC classification:

332.0151 CHA

Summary: Financial Mathematics for Actuaries is a textbook for students in actuarial science, quantitative finance, financial engineering and quantitative risk management and is designed for a one-semester undergraduate course. Covering the theories of interest rates, with applications to the evaluation of cash flows, the pricing of fixed income securities and the management of bonds, this textbook also contains numerous examples and exercises and extensive coverage of various Excel functions for financial calculation. Discussions are linked to real financial market data, such as historical term structure, and traded financial securities. The topics discussed in this book are essential for actuarial science students. They are also useful for students in financial markets, investments and quantitative finance. Students preparing for examinations in financial mathematics with various professional actuarial bodies will also find this book useful for self-study. In this second edition, the recent additions in the learning objectives of the Society of Actuaries Exam FM have been covered. (https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/10564#t=aboutBook)

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	Finance & Accounting	332.0151 CHA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		007758

Financial Mathematics for Actuaries is a textbook for students in actuarial science, quantitative finance, financial engineering and quantitative risk management and is designed for a one-semester undergraduate course.

Covering the theories of interest rates, with applications to the evaluation of cash flows, the pricing of fixed income securities and the management of bonds, this textbook also contains numerous examples and exercises and extensive coverage of various Excel functions for financial calculation. Discussions are linked to real financial market data, such as historical term structure, and traded financial securities.

The topics discussed in this book are essential for actuarial science students. They are also useful for students in financial markets, investments and quantitative finance. Students preparing for examinations in financial mathematics with various professional actuarial bodies will also find this book useful for self-study.

In this second edition, the recent additions in the learning objectives of the Society of Actuaries Exam FM have been covered.

(https://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/10564#t=aboutBook)

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