Effective Product Control (inbunden, eng)

Improve the Effectiveness of your Product Control Function

Effective Product Control is a detailed how-to guide covering everything you need to know about the function. Considered essential reading for: 

• New controllers entering the profession
• Auditors and regulators reviewing product control
• Established controllers wanting a refresher on the latest skills and core controls within the industry.

Encompassing both a technical skills primer and key insights into core controls used to mit­igate major risks emanating from trading desks, you will get expert advice on practical topics such as: 

• The key IFRS and U.S.
  
  GAAP accounting standards for a trading desk
• How to approach the pricing of a financial instrument
• Market risk and how is it quantified
• The controls necessary for a trading desk
• Rogue trading and how it can be detected
• Valuation adjustments and why they are necessary
• How the prices used to value a trading portfolio are independently verified
• The financial accounting entries used to record financial instruments in the balance sheet and profit & loss statement
• Financial reporting and how the results of a trading desk are presented
• How a new financial product can be introduced in a controlled manner

Complete with a wealth of insightful graphs, illustrations and real-world examples to enliven the covered material, the dependable answers you need are in Effective Product Control.