Description
Since the last edition of Mortgage-Backed Securities was published over three years ago, much has changed in the structured credit market. Frank Fabozzi, Anand Bhattacharya, and William Berliner all have many years of experience working in the fixed-income securitization markets, and have witnessed many cycles of change in the mortgage and MBS sectors. And now, with the Second Edition of Mortgage-Backed Securities, they share their knowledge on many of the products and structuring innovations that have taken place since the financial crisis and fiscal reform.
Written in a straightforward and accessible style, and containing numerous illustrations, this timely guide skillfully addresses the investment characteristics, creation, and analysis of mortgage-backed securities. Each chapter contains cutting-edge concepts that you'll need to understand in order to thrive within this arena.
- Discusses the dynamic interaction between the mortgage industry, home prices, and credit performance
- Addresses revised valuation techniques in which all non-agency MBS must be treated as credit pieces
- Examines the shift in this marketplace since the crisis and the impact on industry and investors
Filled with in-depth insights and expert advice, Mortgage-Backed Securities, Second Edition offers you a realistic assessment of this field and outlines the products, structures, and analytical techniques you need to know about in this evolving arena.
Author: Frank J. Fabozzi, Anand K. Bhattacharya, William S. Berliner
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 09/21/2011
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.09lbs
Size: 9.07h x 6.26w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9781118004692
ISBN10: 1118004698
BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Investments & Securities | Real Estate
- Business & Economics | Finance | General
About the Author
FRANK J. FABOZZI, PHD, CFA, is Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School and a member of the EDHEC-Risk Institute. Prior to joining EDHEC, he held various professorial positions in finance at Yale University's School of Management from 1994 to 2011 and, from 1986 to 1992, was a visiting professor of finance and accounting at MIT's Sloan School of Management. He is also Editor of the Journal of Portfolio Management.
ANAND K. BHATTACHARYA, PHD, is a Professor of Practice in the Department of Finance, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University, and a Fixed Income Strategist with Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Inc. He has consulted with various financial institutions on issues of balance sheet restructuring and asset valuation.
WILLIAM S. BERLINER is the Principal of Berliner Consulting & Research, LLC, a boutique firm specializing in mortgages and mortgage-backed securities. His primary focus is security and loan valuation and hedging, serving both institutional investors and mortgage originators. Berliner also writes a monthly column for Asset Securitization Report.