{"product_id":"agricultural-finance-from-crops-to-land-water-and-infrastructure-hardcover","title":"Agricultural Finance: From Crops to Land, Water and Infrastructure - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHelyette Geman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA comprehensive resource for understanding the complexities of agricultural finance\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAgricultural Finance: From Crops to Land, Water, and Infrastructure\u003c\/i\u003e is a pioneering book that offers a comprehensive resource for understanding the worldwide agriculture markets, from spikes in agricultural commodity prices to trading strategies, and the agribusiness industry generally to the challenges of feeding the planet in particular. The book also goes in-depth on the topics of land, water, fertilizers, biofuels, and ethanol. Written by Helyette Geman--an industry expert in commodity derivatives--this book explores the agricultural marketplace and the cycles in agricultural commodity prices that can be the key to investor success.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis resource addresses a wide range of other important topics as well, including agricultural insurance, energy, shipping and bunker prices, sustainability, investments in land, subsidies, agricultural derivatives, and farming risk-management. Other topics covered include structured products and agricultural commodities ETFs; trade finance in an era of credit shortage; securitization and commodity-linked notes; grains: wheat, corn, soybeans; softs: coffee, cocoa, cotton; shipping as a key component of agricultural trade; and the major agricultural shipping routes and the costs. The book: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers the first comprehensive resource that deals with the all aspects of agricultural finance\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes information that is crucial for pension funds, asset managers, hedge funds, agribusiness corporates, CTAs and regulators\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a range of topics from agricultural bunker prices, futures, options to major shipping routes and the costs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis text is a must-have resource for accessing the information required to trade successfully in the agricultural marketplace.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgriculture is the most important asset class both for the world population and as an investment vehicle for pension funds and other financial institutions, and yet it receives little serious attention. \u003ci\u003eAgricultural Finance\u003c\/i\u003e is a comprehensive resource on the topic, addressing all relevant factors from both conceptual and technical -perspectives. This book also introduces the major agricultural commodities and provides essential background information on their pricing cycles, risk factors, markets, trade routes, and outlooks.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe global population is projected to reach 9 billion before 2050, and food is a pressing economic, social, -political, and moral issue. You will learn in \u003ci\u003eAgricultural Finance\u003c\/i\u003e what this unprecedented situation means for commodity exchanges, agribusiness equities, and a whole range of derivatives and complex instruments, including: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuccessful calendar spread and Futures-based strategies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSwaptions and accumulators\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCrush spreads and quanto options\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCommodity-specific issues in corn, soybeans, coffee, sugar, cotton, and fertilizers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eInfrastructure development and digital farming around the world\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReal options contained in the ownership of physical assets in agriculture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeregulation of electricity and natural gas markets created an explosion of new products in the 2000s; world food needs are bringing to this decade innovative agriculture-related instruments and strategies in the management of physical assets and infrastructure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten by one of the world's top derivatives experts, \u003ci\u003eAgricultural Finance\u003c\/i\u003e accounts for every eventuality. You'll learn how weather patterns, country risk, government price subsidies, new players in land acquisition, and a frenzy of mergers and acquisitions can be worked into portfolio construction and quantitative pricing models. In the volatile world of agricultural commodities where weather risk is the dominant factor, investors who proceed with a solid foundation of knowledge will be the ones who will master this fascinating subject. \u003ci\u003eAgricultural Finance\u003c\/i\u003e will help you understand a space where demand can be made predictable and supply remains the key source of price uncertainty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHÉLYETTE GEMAN\u003c\/b\u003e is Director of the Commodity Finance Centre at Birkbeck, University of London and Research Professor at Johns Hopkins University. She is a graduate of Ecole Normale Supérieure in Mathematics, holds a Masters degree in Theoretical Physics and a PhD in Probability from the University Pierre et Marie Curie; and a PhD in Finance from the University Paris Sorbonne. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Geman has published more than 130 papers in top international finance, insurance and energy economics Journals, became in 1993 a Member of Honour of the French Society of Actuaries for her work on Catastrophic risk; received in 1994 the first Prize of the Merrill Lynch awards for her research on Asian and complex options; was named in 2004 in the Hall of Fame of Energy Risk. She has been a scientific advisor to major financial institutions, energy and mining companies and commodity houses for the last 21 years, covering the spectrum of interest rates, crude oil and natural gas, metals and agricultural, including water, fertilizers and land. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer book \u003ci\u003eInsurance and Weather Derivatives\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 1999 by RISK Publications; her book entitled \u003ci\u003eCommodities and Commodity Derivatives: Energy, Metals and Agriculturals\u003c\/i\u003e published by Wiley Finance in 2005 has become the reference in industry and Master programmes worldwide. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProf Geman counts among her PhD students Nassim Taleb. She is presently on the Board of a green energy company and an active participant in a 'precision farming' project involving 12,500 farmers in East Africa. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.6 x 6.6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 09, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42127768027271,"sku":"9781118827383","price":172.8,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/44c688d5db0824bcf799baf679798bad.webp?v=1732590509","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/agricultural-finance-from-crops-to-land-water-and-infrastructure-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}