2nd Edition
Freight Derivatives and Risk Management in Shipping
1. Introduction to the shipping markets and their empirical regularities 2. Business risks analysis in shipping and traditional risk management strategies 3. Introduction to financial derivatives 4. Freight market information and freight rate indices 5. Freight rate derivatives 6. Applications of FFAs, pricing and risk management of FFA positions 7. Applications of freight options 8. Market risk measurement and management in shipping markets 9. Bunker price derivatives 10. Vessel value derivatives 11. Foreign exchange derivatives 12. Interest rate derivatives 13. Credit risk and credit derivatives 14. Statistical tools for risk management in shipping
Biography
Manolis G. Kavussanos is Professor of Finance at Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), Greece. He is the Founder and Director of the MSc program in International Shipping, Finance and Management and of the Laboratory with the same name at AUEB.
Dimitris A. Tsouknidis is Associate Professor of Finance with emphasis in Shipping at Athens University of Economics and Business (AUEB), Greece.
Ilias D. Visvikis (2020†) was Professor of Finance and Founding Director of the Executive Education Department of the American University of Sharjah (AUS), United Arab Emirates.
