Designed for Master's students, this practical text strikes the right balance between mathematical rigour and real-world application.

Daragh McInerney is a Director at the Valuation Modelling and Methodologies Group at UBS and a researcher in mathematical finance at AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland. He holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics from the University of Oxford and has worked since 2001 as a quantitative analyst in both investment banking and fund management.

Preface; 1. Fixed income instruments; 2. Vanilla interest rate options and forward measure; 3. Short rate models; 4. Models of the forward rate; 5. LIBOR and swap market models; 6. Implementation and calibration of the LMM; 7. Valuing interest rate derivatives; 8. Volatility smile; Index.