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This book deals with the topic of dark trading, or non-displayed, off-exchange trading execution. It discusses the development, importance and practice of dark equity trading in an environment dominated by high frequency, program, block and algorithmic trading, and considers its future prospects in a world of mobile capital and changing regulation.

The Healthcare Survival Guide, contains dozens of resources to help find affordable healthcare coverage and health services for anyone who has lost their employer-paid healthcare or who simply want to reduce healthcare costs. Written in easy-to-read language, readers will learn tips and strategies to save money on their healthcare costs.

This unique study explores the relationship between informal financial systems, illegal migration and human smuggling. Focusing on Chinese illegal immigrants working in the US, it examines the motivation and patterns of the use of illegal fund transfer systems, providing a revealing insight into the workings of Chinese underground banks.

A guide that provides in-depth coverage of modeling techniques used throughout many branches of actuarial science, revised and updated Now in its fifth edition, Loss Models: From Data to Decisions puts the focus on material tested in the Society of Actuaries (SOA) newly revised Exams STAM (Short-Term...

This book introduces readers to a new approach to identifying stock market bubbles by using the illiquidity premium, a parameter derived by employing conic finance theory. Further, it shows how to develop the closed form formulas of the bid and ask prices of European options by using Black-Scholes...

This book provides a quantitative overview of corporate risk management for both financial and non-financial organisations. It systematically explores a range of important risks, including interest rate risk, equity risk, commodity price risk, credit risk management, counterparty risk, operational...

Studies say nearly half of middle-class workers will be poor or near-poor when they retire. And you won’t escape theirfate by following the crowd.The Cash Residence suggests a less-traveled road to prosperity—an objective strategy for building generational wealth. The author and financial...

This guide is the only resource to provide an in-depth, year-over-year comparison covering the various editions of the CGL form from 1973 through 2007. You'll also find court case citations that clarify the policy, summaries of major endorsements to the forms, and tips on how to tailor a policy to...

Discover sound investment strategies for clients with a current understanding of the How's and Why s. Written in every-day language and presented in topic-specific sections the title eliminates complicated instructions from multiple resources! The Tools & Techniques format facilitates cross-reference...

Now in its 5th Edition, the popular and practical Homeowners Coverage Guide provides reliable, comprehensive interpretations and comparisons of ISO, AAIS, and now the rapidly expanding MSO policies.

The 2010 Health Care Act will affect all Americans, but it is so complex that few of us understand it. In this Guide, the authors of Conscious Finance summarize the Act in plain English and explain how it may affect your life and your wallet. They offer financial planning strategies to cope with the impact of this significant legislation. A must-read for both financial and physical health.

This book analyzes the verification of empirical asset pricing models when returns of securities are projected onto a set of presumed (or observed) factors. Particular emphasis is placed on the verification of essential factors and features for asset returns through model search approaches, in which...

A clear understanding of what we know, don't know, and can't know should guide any reasonable approach to managing financial risk, yet the most widely used measure in finance today--Value at Risk, or VaR--reduces these risks to a single number, creating a false sense of security among risk managers,...